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Apparatus for transmitting torque

US8960397B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe · DE

Inventors

Jürgen Maas · Detmold, DE
Dirk Güth · Detmold, DE
Martin Aust · St. Blasien, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 2, 2010
Grant date	Feb 24, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 8, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16D2037/004
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for transmission and/or generation of torque having a driveshaft and having a driven shaft acted upon by field-excited forces of a magnetorheological medium, the driveshaft terminates in a flange in a housing, at least one cylinder is arranged on the flange (7), and the cylinder extends over the driven shaft coaxially while forming a gap which is filled with the magnetorheological medium.

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