IP Library Granted Patent US 8,251,684
Granted Patent B2
US 8,251,684 · App. 12/300,002 · Granted Aug 28, 2012

Trochoid pump providing axial regulation of a driving shaft

Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,251,684
App. No.
12/300,002
Granted
Aug 28, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A trochoid pump, comprising a driving shaft, wherein a drive gear comprising of a bevel gear is fixed on one end thereof and an inner rotor is penetrated onto the other end thereof, an outer rotor, the center of which is decentered to the inner rotor, wherein both rotors are covered with the cap and the casing, a first regulatory structure, wherein the driving shaft or a means of control fixed on the driving shaft regulates an one-way movement to the casing, a second regulatory structure, wherein an end face on the other side of the driving shaft is engaged with one end of the cap and regulates the other way movement of the cap, wherein the thrust of the driving shaft is axially regulated by the first regulatory structure and by the second regulatory structure.

Claims (12)

1. A trochoid pump, comprising:

a driving shaft;

a drive gear fixed on a first end of the driving shaft, wherein the drive gear comprises a bevel gear;

an inner rotor penetrated onto the second end of the driving shaft;

an outer rotor, the center of which is decentered to the inner rotor; a cap and a casing covering both the inner and outer rotor;

a first regulatory structure configured to constrain movement of the driving shaft in a first axial direction of the casing; and

a second regulatory structure configured to constrain movement of the driving shaft, wherein an end face on the second end of the driving shaft is engaged with an end face of the cap in the direction opposite the first axial direction;

the first regulatory structure further comprising:

a specially shaped drive pin having a tetrahedral shaped portion comprising two dihedral portions shaped on both ends of the drive pin, wherein the specially shaped drive pin is inserted into the midstream of the driving shaft; and

a joint disposed on the inner rotor, wherein the joint is configured for engagement with the tetrahedral shaped portion,

wherein one dihedral portion of the tetrahedral shaped portion of the drive pin is engaged with a surface of the joint in an axial direction of the driving shaft, and the other dihedral portion is engaged with a surface of the joint in a rotational direction of the driving shaft, and

wherein the first regulatory structure and the second regulatory structure are configured to reduce backlash between the drive gear and another drive gear caused by axial offset of the driving shaft in a thrust direction.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 26, 2020
From: YANMAR CO., LTD.
To: YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054162/0112 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 18, 2009
From: SHIBA, YUJI; IKEDA, AKIO; HATTORI, SATOSHI
To: YANMAR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022274/0730 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2006-130782 · May 9, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20090185939A1 · Jul 23, 2009