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US 8,408,371 B2Granted
Fan clutch
AssigneeBehr GmbH & Co.
InventorsGerold Schultheiss, Joerg Angermaier, Eberhard Sixt, Sven Setzer
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Abstract
A fan clutch is provided to which a fan may be removably attached with the aid of a flange ring, the fan clutch having a housing that comprises a first front housing part and a second rear housing part to which the flange ring is attachable with the aid of connecting elements. The housing has circumferential attachment niches which are situated in an offset manner in the circumferential direction on both the front and the back of the housing and into which attachment tabs situated on the flange ring are insertable either from the front of the fan clutch or from the rear thereof.
Claims16
A fan clutch comprising:
- a flange ring configured to removably attach a fan to the fan clutch;
- and
- a housing that comprises a first front housing part and a second rear housing part to which the flange ring is attachable via connecting elements;
- wherein the housing has circumferential attachment niches that are provided in an offset manner in a circumferential direction on a front as well as on a back of the housing and into which attachment tabs situated on the flange ring are insertable either from the front of the fan clutch or from the back thereof, the attachment niches comprising recesses that are directed radially toward a center of the housing.
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A fan clutch comprising:
- a flange ring configured to removably attach a fan to the fan clutch;
- a housing that comprises a first front housing part and a second rear housing part to which the flange ring is attachable via connecting elements;
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- a circumferential slot extending over an entire circumference of the front housing part,
- wherein the housing has circumferential attachment niches that are provided in an offset manner in a circumferential direction on a front as well as on a back of the housing and into which attachment tabs situated on the flange ring are insertable either from the front of the fan clutch or from the back thereof.
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A fan clutch comprising:
- a flange ring configured to removably attach a fan to the fan clutch;
- and
- a housing that comprises a first front housing part and a second rear housing part to which the flange ring is attachable via connecting elements;
- wherein the housing has circumferential attachment niches that are provided in an offset manner in a circumferential direction on a front as well as on a back of the housing and into which attachment tabs situated on the flange ring are insertable either from the front of the fan clutch or from the back thereof, and
- wherein a distance between radial places, in which stop faces of the front and rear attachment niches are provided, corresponds approximately to an axial wall thickness of the flange ring or to attachment tabs of the flange ring.
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A fan clutch comprising:
- a flange ring configured to removably attach a fan to the fan clutch;
- and
- a housing that comprises a first front housing part and a second rear housing part to which the flange ring is attachable via connecting elements;
- wherein the housing has circumferential attachment niches that are provided in an offset manner in a circumferential direction on a front as well as on a back of the housing and into which attachment tabs situated on the flange ring are insertable either from the front of the fan clutch or from the back thereof, and
- wherein a rear attachment of the flange ring or attachment tabs of the flange ring is performed via the front housing part with the aid of the connecting elements.
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A fan clutch comprising:
- a flange ring configured to removably attach a fan to the fan clutch;
- and
- a housing that comprises a first front housing part and a second rear housing part to which the flange ring is attachable via connecting elements;
- wherein the housing has circumferential attachment niches that are provided in an offset manner in a circumferential direction on a front as well as on a back of the housing and into which attachment tabs situated on the flange ring are insertable either from the front of the fan clutch or from the back thereof, and
- wherein a circumferential slot is provided between first and second radial planes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.