Claas Industrietechnik Gmbh

Claas Kgaa

Detlev Brockschmidt

Nils Fredriksen

Robert Obermeier-Hartmann

A toothed selector clutch is provided to operate in a hydrostatic/mechanical, split-torque power-shift transmission comprising a four-shaft epicyclic-gearwheel transmission and an infinitely variable hydrostatic transmission arranged in parallel. The selector clutch is associated with a particular gearwheel stage and is operated to select a particular gear. Gear changes take place at synchronous speeds without loading the engaging gear during the change and without interruption of the transmission of torque from the rotating shaft to the gear being disengaged. The toothed selector clutch is a coaxial double differential clutch with a clutch carrier that is arranged in a rotationally and axially fixed manner on a clutch shaft. A double piston, which can be subjected to a pressure medium on both sides, is provided as a shift bridge and is operatively connected to the clutch carrier by toothing thereby permitting torque transmission and axial displacement. The shift bridge carries shift toothing on each of its axially opposite ends and is acted upon from two separately controllable pressure spaces. When the shift bridge is subjected to pressure from both ends simultaneously, it remains or moves into its neutral, central position. Engagement of one of the two gears associated with the clutch may be accomplished depressurizing the pressure space assigned to the other gear causing the shift bridge to move axially and engage the intended gear.

Toothed selector clutch

The invention relates to a fluid-driven clutch in which a non-rotatable clutch ring is axially slidable on a shaft via a fluid introduced into a pressure chamber for transmission of the driving force through a tooth system engaged with a corresponding clutch ring having a corresponding tooth system. The seals for sealing the pressure chamber are arranged in such a way that they are not permanently in contact with the wall of the pressure chamber to be sealed. This ensures that the seals do not impair the mobility of the axially lidable clutch ring.

Fluid-driven clutch

A propulsion unit, preferably a propulsion unit for a utility vehicle, as well as a method for controlling same are disclosed. The propulsion unit comprises an engine, a transmission and a power take-off unit having a power take-off shaft. A first fraction of the engine output power is directed to the transmission, whereas a second fraction is directed to the power take-off shaft. At least one of the power fractions is detected by means of measuring units. The power fraction transmitted to the transmission is limited to a predetermined limit value. It is, therefore, possible to install a propulsion unit with an engine, the output power of which being higher than the admissible input power of the transmission.

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