Patent ID: 7584608
Filing Date: 2009-09-08
Classification: F16D,F16H

Abstract:
1. Hydrodynamic clutch, comprising: a pump wheel; a turbine wheel; the pump wheel and the turbine wheel form together a work chamber which can be filled with work medium for the transmission of torque from the pump wheel onto the turbine wheel; a case including one or more vent openings for the discharge of work medium from the work chamber and the case; and a collection bath underneath the case for the collection from the one or more vent openings of discharged work medium in which the case is immersed, the collection bath including at least one drainage opening with a drainage flange which is positioned above a bottom of the collection bath with a predetermined clearance distance from the bottom; the case being immersed so far into the collection bath that the case extends down into an area below the drainage flange.