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Granted Patent B2
US 12,407,211 · App. 18/011,980 · Granted Sep 2, 2025

Electric motor oil pump device

Inventor: Sang Tae Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
H02K5/20F04B17/03H02K9/19H02K9/193
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Patent No.
US 12,407,211
App. No.
18/011,980
Granted
Sep 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention may provide a motor including a housing including a motor part and a cover coupled to the housing and including a pump part, wherein the cover includes a first hole through which a first area in the cover communicates with a second area in the housing, the motor part includes a shaft passing through the first hole, a first flow path through which the first area communicates with the second area is formed in the shaft, a second flow path through which the first area communicates with the second area is formed between the shaft and the first hole, and an amount of a fluid introduced through the first flow path is greater than an amount of a fluid introduced through the second flow path for a predetermined time.

Claims (41)

1. A motor comprising:

a housing including a motor part; and

a cover coupled to the housing and including a pump part,

wherein

the cover includes a first hole through which a first area in the cover communicates with a second area in the housing,

the motor part includes a shaft passing through the first hole,

a first flow path through which the first area communicates with the second area is formed in the shaft,

a second flow path through which the first area communicates with the second area is formed between the shaft and the first hole, and

an amount of a fluid introduced through the first flow path is greater than an amount of a fluid introduced through the second flow path for a predetermined time,

wherein the cover includes a body including the pump part and an extension part disposed to protrude from one surface of the body in an axial direction, a part of the first hole is disposed in the body, and the rest of the first hole is disposed in the extension part,

wherein the pump includes a suction port through which the pump part receives fluid, and a discharge port that is connected to the suction port and through which the fluid that has entered the suction port is discharged,

wherein the cover includes a partition wall partitioning the suction port and the discharge port, and a surface of the partition wall includes a first groove connected to the first hole and a second groove concavely formed on an inner wall of the first hole, and

wherein the first groove and the second groove are connected.

2. The motor of claim 1 , wherein a fluid in the cover is introduced into the housing along a hollow formed in the shaft and an outer surface of the shaft.

3. The motor of claim 1 ,

wherein the fluid introduced through the first hole reduces friction between the cover and the shaft when the shaft rotates.

4. The motor of claim 1 , wherein the shaft is rotatably supported by the cover without a bearing.

5. The motor of claim 1 , wherein the suction port and the discharge port communicate with an inner portion the housing so that a part of the fluid is introduced into the housing.

6. A motor comprising:

a housing including a motor part; and

a cover coupled to the housing and including a pump part,

wherein

the cover includes a first hole through which a first area in the cover communicates with a second area in the housing,

the motor part includes a shaft passing through the first hole,

a first flow path through which the first area communicates with the second area is formed between the shaft and the first hole,

a second flow path through which the first area communicates with the second area is formed in the cover, and

an amount of a fluid introduced into the housing through the second flow path is greater than an amount of a fluid introduced into the housing through the first flow path for a predetermined time,

wherein the pump includes a suction port through which the pump part receives fluid, and a discharge port that is connected to the suction port and through which the fluid that has entered the suction port is discharged,

wherein the cover includes a partition wall partitioning the suction port and the discharge port, and a surface of the partition wall includes a second groove connected to the first hole and a third groove concavely formed on an inner wall of the first hole, and

wherein the second groove and the third groove are connected.

7. The motor of claim 6 , wherein an entrance of the second flow path is disposed in the second groove.

8. The motor of claim 6 , wherein:

the pump part includes a suction port through which a fluid is introduced and a discharge port which communicates with the suction port and through which the fluid introduced through the suction port is discharged; and

the suction port and the discharge port communicate with an inner portion of the housing so that a part of the fluid is introduced into the housing.

9. The motor of claim 6 , wherein:

the pump part includes a suction port through which a fluid is introduced and a discharge port which communicates with the suction port and through which the fluid introduced through the suction port is discharged;

a part of the fluid introduced through the suction port is introduced into an inner portion of the housing; and

the rest of the fluid is discharged through the discharge port.

10. The motor of claim 6 , wherein:

the housing includes a discharge hole through which an inner portion of the housing communicates with an outside of the housing; and

a part of the fluid is introduced into the inner portion of the housing from an inner portion of the cover, fills the housing, and is discharged through the discharge hole.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 21, 2022
From: KIM, SANG TAE
To: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2020-0076491 · Jun 23, 2020 · national
KR 10-2020-0079542 · Jun 29, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230253853A1 · Aug 10, 2023
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