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Hydrodynamic clutch

US7584608B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7References

23Claims

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Assignee

Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Reinhold Pittius · Wiehl, DE
Markus Kley · Ellwangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 18, 2005
Grant date	Sep 8, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 19, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16H41/30
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A hydrodynamic clutch having a pump and turbine and a case wherein a collection bath is provided underneath the case for the collection of work medium being discharged from the case vent openings and in which the case is immersed. There is in the collection bath at least one drainage opening with a drainage flange which is positioned above the floor of the collection bath with a predetermined clearance distance from the bottom. The case is immersed so far in the collection bath that it reaches into an area underneath the drainage flange.

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