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    A fluid coupling or hydraulic coupling is a hydrodynamic or 'hydrokinetic' device used to transmit rotating mechanical power. It has been used in automobile...
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    A torque converter is a device, usually implemented as a type of fluid coupling, that transfers rotating power from a prime mover, like an internal combustion...
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    a planetary gearbox (allowing much shifting to be automated) with a fluid coupling instead of a friction clutch, eliminating the need for de-clutching...
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    transmission is connected to the engine via a torque converter (or a fluid coupling prior to the 1960s), instead of the friction clutch used by most manual...
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  • Following the development of the fluid coupling, Sinclair in turn licensed the fluid coupling, now also known as "Fluidrive Coupling" to many companies including...
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    A viscous coupling is a mechanical device which transfers torque and rotation by the medium of a viscous fluid. Rotary viscous couplings with interleaved...
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  • providing only three forward speeds plus a small 8" fluid coupling with a stator inside of the fluid coupling (a type of torque converter, only integral with...
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    described the fluid used in the 1939 Chrysler Fluid Drive and its subsequent revisions and enhancements through 1954. The fluid drive fluid coupling is partially...
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    transmission is connected to the engine via a torque converter (or a fluid coupling prior to the 1960s), instead of the friction clutch used by most manual...
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  • ends of the coupling are spinning at the same rotational speed, the viscosity of the dilatant fluid is minimal, but if the ends of the coupling differ in...
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  • to vacuum-operated, electromagnetic, and even centrifugal clutches. Fluid couplings (most commonly and formerly used in early automatic transmissions)...
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  • Dixon Valve & Coupling Company, LLC is a manufacturer and supplier of hose fittings and accessories. The company, often referred to as just Dixon, offers...
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  • control with automatic 2-speed shift vacuum operated) with clutch and fluid coupling (Fluid Drive); also known as Simplimatic, Powermatic 1946–1953 M5/M6 Presto-Matic...
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  • kinetic energy of a fluid, via a torque-converter and fluid coupling, before producing the final rotary output. Here, the fluid is driven through rotor...
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    MERCON (category Hydraulic fluids)
    overrunning clutch on the transmission countershaft. The flywheel's fluid coupling used S.A.E 10 motor oil for lubrication. The transmission gearbox used...
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    instability. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Clutch (coupling). Clutch control Coupling Freewheel Gear shift Saxomat Torque converter Torque limiter...
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    and idling. It has been superseded for automobile applications by the fluid coupling, torque converter and automated manual transmissions. The input of the...
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    A coupling is a device used to connect two shafts together at their ends for the purpose of transmitting power. The primary purpose of couplings is to...
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  • the more reliable K4C 025 (type 722.2). It is a 4-speed unit and uses fluid coupling (also referred in some manuals as hydraulic/automatic clutch). The design...
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  • Fluid couplings, hydraulic systems and components, Hirth serrations, high-performance cardan shafts, safety couplings and highly flexible couplings For...
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    a single-speed (without a low-range option). It featured a viscous fluid coupling for the quiet and smooth power transfer to the axle with the most traction...
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    Fluid–structure interaction (FSI) is the interaction of some movable or deformable structure with an internal or surrounding fluid flow. Fluid–structure...
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    during acoustic stimulation stimulates the inner hair cells through fluid coupling, and the outer hair cells via direct connection to their tallest stereocilia...
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    (boosted to 90 hp by installing two carburetors and equipped with a fluid coupling) on GAZ-12 passenger cars, buses, tractors, special vehicles and was...
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    and much more robust than standard-road versions. There is usually a fluid coupling interposed between the engine and gearbox, and the gearbox is often...
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    transmission had no front fluid coupling at all, and utilized a single "fill-and-dump" coupling to perform double duty as both a fluid coupling in third speed while...
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  • known as the "Slip-N-Slide Powerglide", due to the fluid coupling, as opposed to the mechanical coupling of a clutch-driven gearbox, and the "Positive-Pop...
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    Tow hitch (redirect from Ball coupling)
    bolt/shank to attach to the ball mount. The trailer tongue (North America) or coupling (outside North America) slips over a trailer hitch ball attached to a receiver...
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    in turn are driven by DC motors. The motors and gear are coupled by fluid coupling. Most stackers are electrically powered by way of a trailing cable....
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    Semen (redirect from Seminal fluid)
    Semen, also known as seminal fluid, is a bodily fluid that contains spermatozoa. Spermatozoa are secreted by the male gonads (sexual glands) and other...
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