Login| Sign Up| Help| Contact|

Patent Searching and Data


Title:
HYDROSTATIC TORQUE CONVERTER AND TORQUE AMPLIFIER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/061630
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An example includes a hydraulically controllable coupling to couple a rotating input and to an output to rotate, or to decouple the input and the output, with coupling and decoupling modes selected by switching a hydraulic device such as a vane pump between a pumping mode and a mode in which it does not pump. In an example, the system cooperates with a transmission to increase the number of possible gear ratios in some examples.

Inventors:
MATHERS NORM (AU)
Application Number:
PCT/IB2010/003161
Publication Date:
July 14, 2011
Filing Date:
November 19, 2010
Export Citation:
Click for automatic bibliography generation   Help
Assignee:
MATHERS NORM (AU)
International Classes:
F16D31/06; B60K6/12; B60K17/02; B60K17/10; F16H39/02; F16H39/32; F16H61/40
Domestic Patent References:
WO2006119574A12006-11-16
Foreign References:
US3042163A1962-07-03
US3208570A1965-09-28
US4516919A1985-05-14
US4674280A1987-06-23
US5655369A1997-08-12
US5904043A1999-05-18
Other References:
See also references of EP 2501950A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
CULLENS (239 George StreetBrisbane, Queensland 4000, AU)
Download PDF: