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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2014
Applicant:
Mahle International Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventor:
Stephanie Larpent, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
MAHLE International GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 29/64 (2006.01); F04D 29/32 (2006.01); F04D 19/00 (2006.01); F04D 25/02 (2006.01); F01P 7/04 (2006.01); F04D 29/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 29/646 (2013.01); F01P 7/042 (2013.01); F04D 19/002 (2013.01); F04D 25/02 (2013.01); F04D 25/022 (2013.01); F04D 29/263 (2013.01); F04D 29/329 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fan clutch, in particular for a fan of a cooling system of a motor vehicle having a housing and an annular flange for connecting the fan, wherein the flange is arranged centrally around a housing axis, wherein the flange forms a flat flange-ring plane substantially perpendicular to the housing axis and has a flange-ring inner side and a flange-ring outer side which bound the flange-ring plane, wherein the flange is contorted in the flange-ring plane in certain areas in a direction substantially parallel to the housing axis.