Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gerotor pump for a vehicle
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Application No.: US14929748Application Date: 2015-11-02
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Publication No.: US09879672B2Publication Date: 2018-01-30
- Inventor: Mohammad Ali Moetakef
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Agent Greg Brown
- Main IPC: F04C15/00
- IPC: F04C15/00 ; F04C15/06 ; F01M1/02 ; F04C2/10 ; F04C2/08

Abstract:
A gerotor pump has a pump housing defining a chamber and having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. An outer gear member is supported for rotation within the chamber about a first axis, the outer gear member having a series of internal teeth. An inner gear member or inner rotor is rotatably supported within the outer gear member about a second axis spaced apart from the first axis. The inner gear member defining a series of external teeth interposed with a series of external pockets. The inner gear member defines a fluid passage therethrough to fluidly connect two nonadjacent pockets, with another pocket independent of fluid passages. The fluid passage is configured to disrupt harmonics during operation to reduce pressure ripples and associated tonal noise.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170122316A1 GEROTOR PUMP FOR A VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2017-05-04
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