Torque converter located between two coaxial shafts - has flywheel at angular orientation driven by bevel gearing to produce inertial force for rotating housing

摘要

The torque convertor connects two coaxial shafts (1, 2) and is located inside a rotating housing (4). The inside end of each shaft (1, 2) carries a bevel gear wheel (5, 8). Each bevel gear is in mesh with a similar bevel gear (6, 7) which are located by the centre shaft of a flywheel (9). The axis of the input and output shaft (1, 2) and the axis of the flywheel have a constant angular relationship. When the input shaft transmits its torque to the flywheel, inertia forces are produced which rotate the housing (4). The resulting output on shaft (2) includes a convertion of torque and speed.