Drive unit with internal combustion engine and hydrodynamic retarder

US5873342A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Jurgen Friedrich · Kupferberg, DE
• Klaus Vogelsang · Crailsheim, DE
• Peter Heilinger · Crailsheim, DE
• Hans Gebhardt
• Heribert Moller · Sachsen bei Ansbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 10, 1997
• Grant date: Feb 23, 1999
• Expiry date: Nov 10, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60T1/087
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A drive unit for a motor vehicle including an internal combustion engine, a transmission and a hydrodynamic retarder. The retarder includes both a rotor and a stator wherein the rotor is mounted on the engine crankshaft or crankshaft journal and the stator is disposed between the crankcase and rotor.