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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 14, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eckhardt Wendt, Leverkusen, DE;
Andreas Pohl, Gross -Umstadt, DE;
Horst Rosenfeldt, Grosszimmern, DE;
Assignees:
Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, Leverkusen, DE;
Carl Schenck AG, Darmstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
192 215 ; 192 584 ; 1882671 ; 1882672 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to a controllable clutch based on electrorheological or magnetorheological liquids, in which the transmission of force or the transmission of torque is achieved in that an electrorheological or magnetorheological liquid is pushed through an electrode gap or magnet gap of the clutch by means of a surface acting as a piston.