Abstract: The invention relates to a pod ship propulsion System comprising a housing (3) connected to a ship hüll (2), an electric drive motor (8) mounted inside the housing at least one propeller (4) disposed outside the housing, wherein said electric drive motor is connected to the propeller by means a hydrodynamic gear (10).

Abstract: The invention relates to a closure with a thermal safeguard function, comprising a closure body (1), which is used to seal a cavity (10) that is to be closed; a fusible safeguard element (2), which is inserted into the closure body and which keeps closed, at least indirectly, a through-opening (1.1), which is formed in the closure body. The inventive closure with a thermal safeguard function is characterized by the following features: the closure body comprises a bushing (3) provided with a continuous bore (3.1); the bushing is inserted into the through-opening of the closure body at an axial end (1.3) in such a way that the continuous bore and the region of the through-opening that is axially adjacent to the bushing are aligned flush with each other; the fusible safeguard element completely fills the continuous bore of the bushing over the entire cross section thereof along a given axial length.

Abstract: The invention relates to a gearbox module (1) having a gearbox input (E) and at least one gearbox output (A); having a starting element (2) coupled to the gearbox input (E), comprising an input (5) and an output (6) that can be coupled at least indirectly to the gearbox output (A); having a gear-shifting device (3), comprising at least two inputs (7, 8) and one output (9), which can be connected to the gearbox output (A); a first input (7) of the gear-shifting device (3) is connected to the output (6) of the starting element (2) and a second input (8) is connected to the input (5) of the starting element (2); each input (7, 8) of the gear-shifting device (3) is selectively connected by means of a synchronously shiftable coupling (16), thereby producing a first power branch (10) and a second power branch (11), whereby the two synchronously shiftable couplings (16, 17) enable power to flow via the power branches (10, 11) respectively alone or else jointly in a closed state.

Abstract: A gearbox housing with at least one first upper housing piece and a second lower housing piece, which may be detachably connected to each other. The gearbox housing has upper and lower housing pieces that are partially detachably connected to each other, with at least one rotating jointed connection between the upper housing piece and the lower housing piece, which are each arranged on a side described by the housing pieces in a view of the connection plane described by the profile and permitting a theoretical pivoting axis for pivoting the housing pieces relative to each other while maintaining the connection between the components. A catch is provided on the sides free of the rotating jointed connection.

Abstract: Control procedure for a flow machine, wherein the flow machine comprises a turbine, which picks up power from a wind or water current, and a driveline, which transfers power from the turbine to an electric generator connected to an electricity grid of constant grid frequency. A power distribution transmission arranged on the input side of the driveline splits power to first and second power branches. A hydrodynamic convefler connects the first and second power branches on the output side of the driveline and the first power branch drives the electric generator with constant speed. The reaction member of the hydrodynamic converter is set to a constant position for a turbine speed below a chosen threshold and above the threshold the reaction member is controlled to maintain a medium speed of the turbine being a function of the momentum picked up by the turbine.

Abstract: A hydrodynamic machine with a turbo coupling comprising primary and secondary wheels together forming a torus shaped workspace, which can be filled with a working medium. A temperature-sensing device installed in a component, which rotates when the machine is operating, and sending a temperature —dependant signal. A stationary monitoring device connected to the temperature sensor in a remote query connection, and having means for creating a temperature measurement correction depending on the heating rate progression of the sensed temperature.

Abstract: A coolant circuit of a motor vehicle, including the following features: a coolant, especially water or a water mixture; a coolant pump having a coolant outlet; a retarder provided with a central ring, the working medium thereof being the coolant; a reversing valve in the flow direction upstream of the retarder and a bypass section for bypassing the retarder, such that the retarder can be connected to and disconnected from the coolant circuit. According to the invention, the coolant pump is arranged in the flow direction upstream of the retarder in such a way that it pumps coolant into the retarder when the retarder is connected, and pumps coolant past the retarder via the bypass section when the retarder is disconnected.

Abstract: The invention relates to a shaft drive unit, in particular an electrical drive unit for driving a wheel shaft in vehicles; having an electrical machine comprising a rotor and a stator; having a transmission unit, comprising at least one input connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the rotor of the electrical machine, and at least one output connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the wheel shaft. The electrical machine, the input and the output of the transmission unit and the wheel shaft are arranged coaxially with respect to one another. The electrical machine has at least one associated converter unit and one associated braking resistor unit. The converter unit forms a physical unit with the electrical machine. The braking resistor unit is arranged in the immediate physical vicinity of the electrical machine and around the circumference of the input or output drive shaft of the electrical machine or of the wheel shaft.

Abstract: The invention relates to an automotive drive, comprising a cooling circuit with a coolant, a retarder having a rotor and a stator that together form a toroidal working chamber, with the coolant being the working medium of the retarder. The retarder has an inlet for feeding the working medium from the cooling circuit and an outlet for discharging the working medium into the cooling circuit. The present automotive drive is characterized by the following features: the retarder has an additional evacuation outlet, which communicates with the cooling circuit so as to carry the working medium; a leakage pump is interposed in the connection between the evacuation outlet and the cooling circuit.

Abstract: The application relates to a unitary case for a plurality of angular drives which comprises at least one bevel gear step with a first bevel gear and a second bevel gear, and which is provided for achieving various angles between a transmission input shaft and a transmission output shaft. The second bevel gear is coupled to the transmission output shaft in an indirect rotationally fixed manner. The unitary case is designed for a plurality of possible angular outputs wherein multiplication is substantially constant and the outer diameters of the individual bevel gears are substantially identical.

Abstract: The invention relates to a high power machine unit. Said invention is characterized by the following features: a drive which has an output shaft; a machine which has a drive shaft; a converter (3) which is connected between drive and machine and can be filled and emptied; having a toothed clutch (4) which can be engaged and disengaged and is connected in parallel with the converter (3); one half (4.1) is firmly connected to the output shaft of the drive so as to rotate with it; the other half (4.2) of the clutch is firmly connected to the drive shaft of the machine so as to rotate with it.

Abstract: The aim of the invention is to regulate the braking torque in a drive train comprising an internal combustion engine (2) and a gearbox unit (3) which can be coupled to the same, using a regulatable clutch (5). To this end, the power introduced by the wheels into the drive train of the vehicle is transmitted via the regulatable clutch (5), in the overrun condition. The torque which can be transferred via the regulatable hydrodynamic clutch is controlled or regulated in such a way that the drive motor connected to the gearbox unit is operated at a rotational speed nm-soil which is equal to or larger than the idling rotational speed nLeerlauf.

Abstract: A shafting, particularly a cardan shaft for rail vehicles, has two cardan joints (4,5), each of which comprises two link forks (7–10) coupled to one another by a central part (6). The central part (6) comprises at least two partial elements (38.1,38.2) that are connected to one another in the peripheral direction in a rotationally fixed manner by a shaft-hub connection, and in a displaceable manner in the axial direction. The shafting further includes a rotary actuator (17) arranged in the central part for performing a torsional movement of the corresponding end areas of one of the two partial elements of the central part relative to one another.

Abstract: A retarder having the following features: a rotor (1) and a stator (2) that, together, form a working space (3); a hollow shaft (4) for connecting, in a rotationally fixed manner, an input shaft (5), which is near a transmission, to an output shaft (6), which is near a cardan shaft, and; the hollow shaft support s the rotor by means of a screw thread (4.1.1).

Abstract: A drive train system having a driving engine that has a cooling system for cooling the driving engine is provided. The cooling system has a coolant circuit, a cooling device, and a fan that is associated with the cooling device and that is in driveline connection with the driving engine. A controllable or regulatable clutch is arranged between the driving engine and the fan. The clutch is a hydrodynamic clutch having a primary wheel and a secondary wheel, which jointly form a working chamber that can be filled with a working fluid, and is provided with a working fluid supply system associated with the clutch and with means for influencing the transmission behavior of the hydrodynamic clutch.

Abstract: A starter unit comprising: an input and an output; a starter element, configured as a hydrodynamic component comprising a drive element that can be coupled to the input in a rotationally fixed manner and a driven element that can be coupled to the output. A free wheel mechanism is located between the driven element of the starter element and the output.

Abstract: A hydrodynamic converter is provided having a pump wheel, which is flowed through in operation from the inside to the outside; a turbine wheel, which is flowed through in operation from the outside to the inside; guide blades between the pump wheel and the turbine wheel; and guide blades between the turbine wheel and the pump wheel. The converter can have a speed ratio of between the speed nT of the turbine wheel and the speed nP of the pump wheel of between 1.2 and 4 at approximately even or falling ? progress. The converter can also have different speed ratios between pump and turbine, which can be realized with the ratio R/r equal to or larger than 1.

Abstract: A modular transmission system for the production of a plurality of modular transmission units that are modified for different applications purposes, comprising a transmission input and transmission output a power transmitting element comprising a mechanical transmission part that is arranged in a housing part and that forms with the latter a basic transmission module that includes at least one input and one output, and a control and supply unit integrated into the basic transmission module. The logic, control and supply units are arranged beneath the power transmitting element of the basic transmission module.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for cooling a transverse flow synchronous machine is provided which uses a coolant that is entrained by the rotor rotation during operation of the synchronous machine and is sprayed into the intermediate spaces between the plurality of stepped elements along the surface of the outer stator thereby forming a coolant-air mixture.

Abstract: The invention relates to an operating material supply device for hydrodynamic components, for example, hydrodynamic switching elements for use in starting units, retarder assemblies or gearing assemblies. The material supply device includes an operating material reservoir arranged in the housing of the starting unit, retarder unit, or gearing assembly and comprises an operating material sump with at least one filling line that connects the operating material sump to the hydrodynamic component. The operating material sump may be closed in a pressure-tight manner.