Automatic clutch with very slow speed

US6077189A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

• Franz Kosik · Esslingen am Neckar, DE
• Thomas Grass · Neukirchen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 24, 1999
• Grant date: Jun 20, 2000
• Expiry date: Mar 24, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16D2500/7044
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is an automatic clutch intended for use in an engine-transmission unit of a vehicle. When starting up, the clutch transmits first a high torque for a very slow speed, which is then reduced after a set lapse of time if a threshold value is exceeded.