Flywheel module comprising a centrifugal disengaging clutch
AssigneeDTI Group B.V.
InventorsRoëll Marie VanDruten, Alexander Franciscus Anita Serrarens, Bas Gerard Vroemen
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Abstract
A flywheel module has a closed housing with an opening, and an output which is formed by an output shaft that extends outward through the opening. A sealing ring is present between the output shaft and the boundary wall of the opening. A flywheel is accommodated in the housing, which flywheel is connected via a clutch to a first gear of a transmission whose other gear is connected to a first portion of a centrifugal disengaging clutch of which the other portion is connected to the output shaft. With this it be avoided that the flywheel starts to run at too high a speed, which guarantees the safety of the flywheel module.
Claims12
A flywheel module comprising:
- at least one flywheel and an output, which can be connected to a drive line;
- and
- a centrifugal disengaging clutch between the output and the flywheel which opens beyond a certain speed.
A driving mechanism comprising:
- a drive source with an output shaft;
- and
- a flywheel module comprising at least one flywheel and an output, which can be connected to a drive line, and a centrifugal disengaging clutch between the output and the flywheel which opens beyond a certain speed,
- wherein the output of the flywheel module is connected to the output shaft of the drive source.
A flywheel module comprising:
- at least one flywheel and an output, which can be connected to a drive line;
- and
- a centrifugal disengaging clutch between the output and the flywheel which opens beyond a certain speed,
- wherein the centrifugal disengaging clutch comprises two clutch parts which are each provided with at least one friction surface, which friction surfaces work in conjunction and which centrifugal disengaging clutch comprises a housing that rotates along with one of the clutch parts and is disengaged from the other clutch part;
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- a housing which accommodates the flywheel, and wherein a shaft to which the flywheel is fixed is sealed with respect to the housing and where there is an under pressure in the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.