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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2009
Hartmut Hultsch, Koenigsbrunn, DE;
Ingo Sommer, Donauwoerth, DE;
Hartmut Hultsch, Koenigsbrunn, DE;
Ingo Sommer, Donauwoerth, DE;
Renk Aktiengesellschaft, Aügsburg, DE;
Abstract
A torque transmission device for a ship for optionally transmitting a drive torque from a main drive or from an auxiliary drive to a propeller shaft of the ship, with a gear unit which can be driven by the main drive and which can be connected to the propeller shaft by a first clutch, and with a second clutch by which the auxiliary drive can be connected to the propeller shaft. The gear unit is received in a gear unit housing, the first clutch and/or second clutch are/is received in a clutch housing that is separate from the gear unit housing, and the first clutch, the second clutch and/or the auxiliary drive are arranged on the side of the gear unit remote of a propeller.