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.
Claims4
A flywheel module comprising at least one flywheel and an output, which can be connected to a drive line, characterized in that a centrifugal disengaging clutch between the output and the flywheel which opens beyond a certain speed,
- wherein the flywheel module comprises a housing which accommodates the flywheel, wherein a shaft to which the flywheel is fixed is sealed with respect to the housing, and wherein there is an under pressure in the housing;
- wherein the flywheel module comprises a clutch which is present between the centrifugal disengaging clutch and the flywheel;
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- wherein the clutch is accommodated in the housing.
A flywheel module as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the flywheel module comprises a transmission which is present between the centrifugal disengaging clutch and the flywheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.