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Granted Patent B2
US 12,168,977 · App. 17/102,709 · Granted Dec 17, 2024

Liquid pump, in particular for providing a supply to a transmission of an electric or hybrid drive module of a motor vehicle

Inventor: Roland Stoessel (Ebern, DE)
Assignee: FTE automotive GmbH
F04B53/20F04B53/10F04C13/005
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Patent No.
US 12,168,977
App. No.
17/102,709
Granted
Dec 17, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid pump for providing a supply to a transmission of an electric or hybrid drive module of a motor vehicle, having a pump housing wherein a pump chamber and a pump rotor are arranged, wherein the pump housing has at least one intake opening, wherein a filter plate which covers at least one intake opening is attached to the pump housing.

Claims (19)

1. A liquid pump for providing a fluid to a transmission of an electric or hybrid drive module of a motor vehicle, comprising:

a pump housing wherein a pump chamber and a pump rotor are arranged, the pump housing has at least one intake opening;

a filter plate which covers the at least one intake opening is attached to the pump housing, the filter plate having a planar first surface which includes a plurality of filter openings formed through the planar first surface, and

a pressure-limiting valve, which has a valve body and a spring,

wherein the spring is in direct contact with the planar first surface of the filter plate.

2. The liquid pump according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of filter openings have an opening width of at most 0.4 mm.

3. The liquid pump according to claim 2 , wherein the filter openings are formed between material portions of the filter plate that are bent relative to one another.

4. The liquid pump according to claim 2 , wherein the filter plate is an injection-moulded part.

5. The liquid pump according to claim 4 , wherein the filter openings do not have any undercut surfaces, as viewed in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the filter plate.

6. The liquid pump according to claim 1 , wherein filter slots are provided between the filter plate and the pump housing.

7. The liquid pump according to claim 6 , wherein the filter slots are formed between an inner surface of the filter plate and a recessed portion of the pump housing.

8. The liquid pump according to claim 1 , wherein the filter plate consists of a sheet metal.

9. The liquid pump according to claim 1 , wherein the filter plate is laser-or water jet-cut or is etched.

10. The liquid pump according to claim 1 , wherein the filter plate is a punched part.

11. The liquid pump according to claim 1 , wherein the filter plate has at least one latching lug, wherein the lug is configured to be locked to the pump housing.

12. The liquid pump according to claim 1 , wherein the filter plate has a spring-centering means.

13. The liquid pump according to claim 12 , wherein the spring-centering means is comprised of a plastically deformed portion of the filter plate.

14. The liquid pump according to claim 1 , further comprising mounting screws,

wherein at least one bearing body and the pump housing are screwed to one another, and wherein the mounting screws have screw heads which bear directly on the filter plate.

Assignments (2)
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 13, 2025
From: FTE AUTOMOTIVE GMBH; FTE ASIA GMBH
To: VALEO POWERTRAIN GMBH
Reel/Frame 069875/0816 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 24, 2020
From: STOESSEL, ROLAND
To: FTE AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
Reel/Frame 054455/0282 →
Priority Claims (2)
DE 10 2019 132 670.2 · Dec 2, 2019 · national
DE 10 2020 129 312.7 · Nov 6, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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