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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2009
Applicant:
Rainer Schips, Ellwangen, DE;
Inventor:
Rainer Schips, Ellwangen, DE;
Assignee:
Voith Patent GmbH, Heidenheim, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 33/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hydrodynamic coupling has an impeller and a turbine wheel that together form a toroidal working chamber. Viewed as an axial section through the hydrodynamic coupling the working chamber has a circular or essentially circular cross-section with a convexity in the axial direction on the circumference in the radially outer area of said turbine wheel and/or in the radially inner area of said impeller.