摘要:
A blade-wheel for a hydrodynamic coupling such as a coupler, torque converter or the like, of the kind comprising at least one annular surface carrying a plurality of blades serving in pairs to form channels, in which the fixing of said blades to said annular surfaces is improved and completed by covering the blades and surfaces with a non-metallic coating which may be a resin, an epoxide resin, a varnish, an adhesive, a synthetic or plastic material. This coating effectively binds the blades to the angular surface or surfaces on which they are fixed and reduced leakage and frictional losses in the working fluid.
摘要:
A heat exchanger, particularly a radiator for a motor vehicle, of the type comprising a plurality of fluid conduits and a plurality of spaced, parallel, plate-like fins extending transversely to the fluid conduits and attached thereto is provided with at least one mounting member, serving either to mount the heat exchanger on a supporting structure or to mount an accessory (such as a motor and fan unit) on the heat exchanger, or serving both those purposes, which mounting member extends adjacent the juxtaposed and edges of a plurality of the fins and has portions engaging each of the opposite side edges of the fins, so as to clamp the fins between them, at least one of the said portions of the mounting member including a claw which is engaged in aligned notches formed in the corresponding side edges of at least some of the fins.
摘要:
A vane wheel for fluid couplings or torque converters especially for motor vehicles. The vane wheel comprises inner and outer toroidal surfaces and vanes disposed therebetween, in addition anti-rotational bracing members are disposed therebetween Pairs of bracing members may be symmetrically arranged about vanes obliquely between the toroidal surfaces and the intermediate vane.
摘要:
The invention relates to improved free-wheel mechanisms adapted to couple together or to disconnect two members capable of relative rotation. The free-wheel mechanism is intended to cooperate with inner and outer circular tracks, one of said tracks having ramp means and the other of said tracks having a plain surface, comprising a plurality of jamming members and a cage therefor, said cage comprising two parts, a first part having a plurality of circumferentially spaced windows for receiving the jamming members, and a second part having a plurality of depressions received in said windows and portions folded over said first part for limiting at least relative radial movement of said parts, the bottom end of at least one of said depressions providing a friction surface for cooperation with said plain track surface. The free-wheel mechanisms find advantageous applications in vehicle transmission systems, for example in hydraulic torque converters.
摘要:
Apparatus having a rotatable component such as a brake disc has braking means capable of applying a braking couple to the rotating component, a heat-collecting shoe for absorbing heat from the component generated by the braking means, and control means operable to urge the shoe towards the rotating component, the control means being operable independently of the braking means.
摘要:
A multitube radiator, intended for use in the air-conditioning systems of motor vehicles or for cooling engines, in which the tubes are mounted between two plates or manifolds defining covered fluid chambers or water tanks, to which pipes for the connection to the rest of the fluid circuit are connected. Each manifold has at least one flange, and a seal in the form of a ring of resilient material is inserted between the tube and the flange, so that, to fix a tube, the seal is previously placed in the flange on the manifold, and the tube, having been passed through the ring seal, is increased in diameter, providing both a mechanical connection and a fluidtight seal.
摘要:
The invention specifically relates to a base frame assembly for test purposes, in which a roller used in the stationary testing of a self-propelled vehicle may be fitted. This test base-frame includes a stationary reference frame, and a floating frame for carrying a roller and is installed on the reference frame by means of devices allowing it to perform small displacements along three orthogonal axes with respect to the reference frame, strain gauges being situated between the said frames. The invention enables a rolling track to be provided for the stationary testing of a self-propelled vehicle, including four test base-frames each carrying one roller.