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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
May. 02, 2014
Applicant:
Ferrari S.p.a., Modena, IT;
Inventor:
Franco Cimatti, Pavullo, IT;
Assignee:
Ferrari S.p.A., Modena, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 35/00 (2006.01); F01P 5/12 (2006.01); F01P 7/16 (2006.01); F04D 13/02 (2006.01); F04D 1/00 (2006.01); F04D 29/049 (2006.01); F04D 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 35/002 (2013.01); F01P 5/12 (2013.01); F01P 7/162 (2013.01); F04D 1/00 (2013.01); F04D 13/021 (2013.01); F04D 29/049 (2013.01); F04D 29/126 (2013.01);
Abstract
An internal combustion engine having: an engine provided with a crankshaft; a cooling system provided with a circulation pump, which comprises an impeller supported by a pump shaft that is mounted so as to rotate around a rotation axis; an auxiliary shaft, which transmits the rotation movement to the pump shaft of the circulation pump; a mechanical transmission, which transmits the rotational movement from the crankshaft to the auxiliary shaft; and a coupling device, which is interposed between the pump shaft of the circulation pump and the auxiliary shaft and is suited to mechanically connect/disconnect the pump shaft to/from the auxiliary shaft.