Drive unit with engine transmission and coolant circuit

US5996762A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Peter Edelmann · Oettingen, DE
• Klaus Vogelsang · Crailsheim, DE
• Peter Rose · Heidenheim, DE
• Peter Heilinger · Crailsheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 8, 1997
• Grant date: Dec 7, 1999
• Expiry date: Oct 8, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F01P2060/06
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A drive unit having an engine comprising at least one engine output shaft, a transmission following the engine and a coolant circuit with at least one water pump. The water pump is arranged behind the engine viewed in the direction of force flow. The drive unit may also include a hydrodynamic retarder having a stator and a rotor.