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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2016
Voith Patent Gmbh, Heidenheim, DE;
Markus Schlosser, Ellwangen, DE;
Thorsten Lührs, Kirchberg, DE;
Matthias Rommel, Schwäbisch Gmünd, DE;
Helmut Ott, Insingen, DE;
Voith Patent GmbH, Heidenheim, DE;
Abstract
A hydrodynamic machine comprising: a toroidal working chamber including a first bladed wheel and a second bladed wheel arranged concentrically with the first bladed wheel; and an electrohydraulic system including an open loop unit and a and closed loop control unit, a working medium accumulator, a pump operable to pump a working medium from the working medium accumulator into the toroidal working chamber, a heat exchanger, a valve operable to switch between a first position, the first position being a non-braking position, and a second position, the second position being a braking position, and a line system operable to allow the pump to pump the working medium in both the first position and the second position into the working chamber.