Starter unit

US7160218B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Martin Becke · Ulm, DE
• Martin Nitsche

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 21, 2001
• Grant date: Jan 9, 2007
• Expiry date: Jul 21, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16H2045/005
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A starter unit comprising: an input and an output; a starter element, configured as a hydrodynamic component comprising a drive element that can be coupled to the input in a rotationally fixed manner and a driven element that can be coupled to the output. A free wheel mechanism is located between the driven element of the starter element and the output.