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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2001
Heinz Holler, Crailsheim, DE;
Reinhard Kernchen, Satteldorf, DE;
Achim Menne, Crailsheim, DE;
Werner Klement, Heidenheim, DE;
Heinz Holler, Crailsheim, DE;
Reinhard Kernchen, Satteldorf, DE;
Achim Menne, Crailsheim, DE;
Werner Klement, Heidenheim, DE;
Voith Turbo GmbH & Co., KG, Heidenhei, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a starter unit () comprising an input (E) which may be coupled to a drive input, an output (A) which may he coupled to a drive output, a starter element () in the form of a hydrodynamic coupling (), a switchable clutch (), comprising at least two clutch elements, which may be brought into frictional engagement, either directly or indirectly, by means of further transfer agents, being a first clutch element () and a second clutch element () each rotationally fixed to the input (E) and the output (A) respectively. The hydrodynamic coupling () and the switchable clutch () are arranged in a parallel fashion in two power branches () and may be activated individually or in common.