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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 1981
Filed:
Jul. 26, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter Hofbauer, Wolfsburg, DE;
Assignee:
Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1231 / ; 1231 / ; 74 / ; 192-0033 ;
Abstract
A device for starting a stationary unit, which unit includes a prime mover, e.g. an internal combustion engine, and a machine, e.g. a compressor of a heat pump system, rigidly coupled thereto by a shaft, has a flywheel fitted on the shaft. This flywheel is automatically engaged and disengaged from the shaft, according to the speed of the flywheel, by means of a clutch.