Patent ID: 7017341
Filing Date: 2006-03-28
Classification: B02C,F16D

Abstract:
1. In a fluid coupling connected to a flywheel of a diesel engine which drives a mobile piece of equipment, the fluid coupling having an impeller with an impeller casing connected to an input shaft and a runner connected to an output shaft, said input and output shafts being oriented substantially horizontally, said impeller being driven by a diesel engine, a reservoir and a circulating oil pump located in said reservoir, said reservoir being positioned vertically below the level of said impeller and runner casings and said input and output shafts, said oil pump being a part of a circulating oil system, a heat exchanger operatively connected in said circulating oil system, the improvement comprising a vent pipe in a top of said heat exchanger and communicating with said oil reservoir, whereby to vent said heat exchanger.