Patent ID: 6910330
Filing Date: 2005-06-28
Classification: F16D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling the power-consumption of a starting element ( 1 ) in form of a hydrodynamic clutch ( 2 ), comprising an impeller ( 4 ) and a turbine wheel ( 5 ), which form with one another at least one toroidal working chamber that can be filled with an operating medium ( 6 ), and is located in a drive train ( 3 ) with at least one other drive motor that can be coupled to the hydrodynamic clutch ( 2 ), wherein the power consumption can be freely adjusted as a function of the volumetric efficiency of the hydrodynamic clutch ( 2 ), the method comprising: directing at least one portion of the operating medium in the working chamber ( influencing the supply of operating medium to the working chamber ( supplying or removing the operating medium to or from the working chamber ( wherein the supple of operating medium to the working chamber (