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Granted Patent B2
US 12,421,964 · App. 18/801,900 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Electric oil pump

Inventors: Liping Wang (Zhejiang, CN); Guojun Zhang (Zhejiang, CN); Ruinan Wang (Zhejiang, CN); Hezhao Hua (Zhejiang, CN); Yi Zhao (Zhejiang, CN); Zhixue Lu (Zhejiang, CN)
Assignee: HANGZHOU QUADRANT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 12,421,964
App. No.
18/801,900
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electric oil pump, including a pump housing, a fixed shaft in the pump housing, an inner gear eccentrically and rotatably connected to the fixed shaft, an outer gear coaxially connected to the fixed shaft and rotatably arranged in the pump housing, the outer gear is located at an outer periphery of the inner gear and engaged with the inner gear, a motor rotor fixedly connected to an outer periphery of the outer gear, and a motor stator at an outer periphery of the motor rotor, the motor stator is fixedly connected to the pump housing. A projection area of the motor stator, a projection area of the motor rotor, a projection area of the outer gear, a projection area of the inner gear and a projection area of the fixed shaft on a plane through an axis of the fixed shaft at least partially overlap.

Claims (28)

1. An electric oil pump, comprising:

a pump housing,

a fixed shaft in the pump housing,

an inner gear, the inner gear is eccentrically and rotationally connected to the fixed shaft,

an outer gear, the outer gear is coaxially connected to the fixed shaft and rotatably arranged in the pump housing, the outer gear is located at an outer periphery of the inner gear and meshed with the inner gear,

a motor rotor, the motor rotor is fixedly connected to an outer periphery of the outer gear,

a motor stator at an outer periphery of the motor rotor, the motor stator is fixedly connected to the pump housing,

a bearing, wherein an outer circle of the motor rotor is integrally formed with a neck to match with the bearing, the outer gear is rotationally connected to a first end of the fixed shaft by virtue of the bearing, and a second end of the fixed shaft is connected to the pump housing,

wherein an oil outlet is formed in a side wall of the pump housing, and an oil inlet is defined at a bottom of the pump housing.

2. The electric oil pump according to claim 1 , further comprising an eccentric calibration component between the fixed shaft and the inner gear, wherein the eccentric calibration component is configured as a semilunar sleeve on a circumferential outer wall of the fixed shaft, the semilunar sleeve is configured with an arc-shaped groove for the fixed shaft to be embedded, and the semilunar sleeve is configured to allow the inner gear to be eccentrically and rotationally connected to the fixed shaft.

3. The electric oil pump according to claim 2 , further comprising a shaft sleeve, wherein the inner gear is rotationally connected to the semilunar sleeve and the fixed shaft by virtue of the shaft sleeve.

4. The electric oil pump according to claim 1 , wherein the fixed shaft or the outer gear is fixedly connected with a sensor configured for cold start.

5. The electric oil pump according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of intake and outtake chambers for oil are formed between the outer gear and the inner gear, volume of the plurality of intake and outtake chambers for oil first increases step by step and then decreases step by step along a rotation direction of the outer gear, when the volume of the plurality of intake and outtake chambers for oil increases step by step, an oil entrance of the plurality of intake and outtake chambers for oil is aligned with the oil inlet, and when the volume of the plurality of intake and outtake chambers for oil decreases step by step, an oil exit of the plurality of intake and outtake chambers for oil is aligned with the oil outlet.

6. The electric oil pump according to claim 5 , wherein when the volume of the plurality of intake and outtake chambers for oil increases step by step, cooling oil flows into the plurality of intake and outtake chambers for oil through the oil inlet, and when the volume of the plurality of intake and outtake chambers for oil decreases step by step, the cooling oil in the plurality of intake and outtake chambers for oil is pressurized and discharged from the oil outlet.

7. The electric oil pump according to claim 1 , further comprising a circuit control module, wherein the circuit control module comprises a controller and a hub, the controller and the hub are arranged in the pump housing, the motor stator is arranged on the hub, the motor stator is provided with a plurality of stator windings along a circumferential direction of the motor stator, the motor rotor is fitted on a circumferential outer circle of the outer gear, and a circumferential outer wall of the motor rotor is opposite a circumferential inner wall of the motor stator.

8. The electric oil pump according to claim 7 , wherein an O-ring is provided at an outer periphery of the pump housing.

9. An electric oil pump, comprising:

a pump housing,

a fixed shaft in the pump housing,

an inner gear, the inner gear is eccentrically and rotationally connected to the fixed shaft,

an outer gear, the outer gear is coaxially connected to the fixed shaft and rotatably arranged in the pump housing, the outer gear is located at an outer periphery of the inner gear and meshed with the inner gear,

a motor rotor, the motor rotor is fixedly connected to an outer periphery of the outer gear,

a motor stator at an outer periphery of the motor rotor, the motor stator is fixedly connected to the pump housing,

an upper cover fixedly connected to the outer gear, and

a bearing, wherein a second end of the fixed shaft is rotationally connected to the pump housing by virtue of the bearing, a first end of the fixed shaft is coaxially connected to the outer gear through the upper cover,

wherein an oil outlet is formed in a side wall of the pump housing, and an oil inlet is defined at a bottom of the pump housing.

10. The electric oil pump according to claim 9 , wherein a plurality of intake and outtake chambers for oil are formed between the outer gear and the inner gear, volume of the plurality of intake and outtake chambers for oil first increases step by step and then decreases step by step along a rotation direction of the outer gear, when the volume of the plurality of intake and outtake chambers for oil increases step by step, an oil entrance of the plurality of intake and outtake chambers for oil is aligned with the oil inlet, and when the volume of the plurality of intake and outtake chambers for oil decreases step by step, an oil exit of the plurality of intake and outtake chambers for oil is aligned with the oil outlet.

11. The electric oil pump according to claim 10 , wherein when the volume of the plurality of intake and outtake chambers for oil increases step by step, cooling oil flows into the plurality of intake and outtake chambers for oil through the oil inlet, and when the volume of the plurality of intake and outtake chambers for oil decreases step by step, the cooling oil in the plurality of intake and outtake chambers for oil is pressurized and discharged from the oil outlet.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 13, 2024
From: WANG, LIPING; ZHANG, GUOJUN; WANG, RUINAN; HUA, HEZHAO; ZHAO, YI; LU, ZHIXUE
To: HANGZHOU QUADRANT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 068583/0929 →
Priority Claims (2)
CN 202311034365.1 · Aug 17, 2023 · national
CN 202311608228.4 · Nov 29, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250059972A1 · Feb 20, 2025
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