IP Library Granted Patent US 9,638,187
Granted Patent B2
US 9,638,187 · App. 14/866,427 · Granted May 2, 2017

Pump device and ship propulsion machine

Inventors: Takahiko Saito (Haga-gun, JP); Atsushi Kagawa (Haga-gun, JP); Hayato Tsutsui (Haga-gun, JP)
Assignee: SHOWA CORPORATION
F04C11/003B63H20/08F01C17/00F04C2/18F04C11/006F04C15/0046F04C15/0049F04C2270/13
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Patent No.
US 9,638,187
App. No.
14/866,427
Granted
May 2, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pump device includes a shaft, a first gear pair, a second gear pair, a support pin, and a casing. The first gear pair includes a first driving gear which is disposed on the shaft and is rotatable together with the shaft, and a first driven gear driven by the first driving gear. The second gear pair includes a second driving gear which is disposed on the shaft coaxially with the first driving gear and is rotatable together with the shaft, and a second driven gear driven by the second driving gear and arranged coaxially with the first driven gear. The support pin penetrates the first driven gear and the second driven gear and rotatably supporting the first driven gear and the second driven gear. The casing covers the first gear pair and the second gear pair. The support pin is fitted to the casing to be fixed.

Claims (54)

1. A pump device comprising:

a shaft;

a first gear pair comprising a first driving gear which is disposed on the shaft and is rotatable together with the shaft, and a first driven gear driven by the first driving gear to feed an operating fluid;

a second gear pair comprising a second driving gear which is disposed on the shaft coaxially with the first driving gear and is rotatable together with the shaft, and a second driven gear driven by the second driving gear and arranged coaxially with the first driven gear to feed an operating fluid;

a support pin penetrating the first driven gear and the second driven gear and rotatably supporting the first driven gear and the second driven gear; and

a casing covering the first gear pair and the second gear pair,

wherein the support pin is fixed to the casing in such a manner that a movement of the support pin in a circumferential direction is restricted.

2. The pump device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the casing comprises plural casings housing the first gear pair and the second gear pair by sandwiching the first gear pair and the second gear pair, and

the support pin is fixed to the plural casings.

3. The pump device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the plural casings comprise a first casing, a second casing and a third casing,

the first gear pair is housed by being sandwiched between the first casing and the second casing,

the second gear pair is housed by being sandwiched between the second casing and the third casing, and

both ends of the support pin are fixed to the first casing and the third casing respectively.

4. The pump device according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the first driven gear and the second driven gear has an insertion hole into which the support pin is inserted, and at least one of the first driven gear and the second driven gear has, around the insertion hole, a groove continued to the insertion hole.

5. The pump device according to claim 2 ,

wherein each of the first driven gear and the second driven gear has an insertion hole into which the support pin is inserted, and at least one of the first driven gear and the second driven gear has, around the insertion hole, a groove continued to the insertion hole.

6. The pump device according to claim 3 ,

wherein each of the first driven gear and the second driven gear has an insertion hole into which the support pin is inserted, and at least one of the first driven gear and the second driven gear has, around the insertion hole, a groove continued to the insertion hole.

7. The pump device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first driving gear, the first driven gear, the second driving gear and the second driven gear have same number of teeth.

8. The pump device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the first driving gear, the first driven gear, the second driving gear and the second driven gear have same number of teeth.

9. The pump device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the first driving gear, the first driven gear, the second driving gear and the second driven gear have same number of teeth.

10. The pump device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the first driving gear, the first driven gear, the second driving gear and the second driven gear have same number of teeth.

11. The pump device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the first driving gear, the first driven gear, the second driving gear and the second driven gear have same number of teeth.

12. The pump device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the first driving gear, the first driven gear, the second driving gear and the second driven gear have same number of teeth.

13. A pump device comprising:

a shaft;

a first gear pair comprising a first driving gear which is disposed on the shaft and is rotatable together with the shaft, and a first driven gear driven by the first driving gear and having same number of teeth as the first driving gear to feed an operating fluid;

a second gear pair comprising a second driving gear which is disposed on the shaft coaxially with the first driving gear, is rotatable together with the shaft, and has same number of teeth as the first driving gear, and a second driven gear driven by the second driving gear, arranged coaxially with the first driven gear and having same number of teeth as the first driving gear to feed an operating fluid;

a support pin having a smaller diameter than the shaft, penetrating the first driven gear and the second driven gear and rotatably supporting the first driven gear and the second driven gear; and

a casing comprising plural casings which house the first gear pair and the second gear pair by sandwiching the gear pairs,

wherein the support pin is fixed to the plural casings in such a manner that a movement of the support pin in a circumferential direction is restricted.

14. The pump device according to claim 13 ,

wherein the plural casings comprise a first casing, a second casing and a third casing,

the first gear pair is housed by being sandwiched between the first casing and the second casing,

the second gear pair is housed by being sandwiched between the second casing and the third casing, and

both ends of the support pin are fixed to the first casing and the third casing respectively.

15. A ship propulsion machine comprising:

a ship propulsion machine body having a propeller; and

a tilt/trim device comprising a cylinder device having a cylinder, a piston partitioning an inside of the cylinder into a first chamber and a second chamber and a piston rod an end portion of which is fixed to the piston and which is extended from the cylinder, and a pump device configured to extend and retract the cylinder device by supplying an operating fluid into the cylinder device,

wherein the pump device comprises: a shaft; a first gear pair comprising a first driving gear which is disposed on the shaft and is rotatable together with the shaft, and a first driven gear driven by the first driving gear to feed an operating fluid; a second gear pair comprising a second driving gear which is disposed on the shaft coaxially with the first driving gear and is rotatable together with the shaft, and a second driven gear driven by the second driving gear and arranged coaxially with the first driven gear to feed an operating fluid; a support pin penetrating the first driven gear and the second driven gear and rotatably supporting the first driven gear and the second driven gear; and a casing covering the first gear pair and the second gear pair, in which the support pin is fixed to the casing in such a manner that a movement of the support pin in a circumferential direction is restricted.

16. The pump device according to claim 1 , wherein the the support pin is press-fitted to the casing to be fixed.

17. The pump device according to claim 13 , wherein the the support pin is press-fitted to the plural casings to be fixed.

18. The pump device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the casing comprises a first casing, a second casing and a third casing, and

the first casing, the second casing and the third casing are fixed by the support pin.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Feb 2, 2022
From: SHOWA CORPORATION
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 059682/0321 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 25, 2015
From: SAITO, TAKAHIKO; KAGAWA, ATSUSHI; TSUTSUI, HAYATO
To: SHOWA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036662/0488 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-049718 · Mar 12, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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