IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,719,239
Granted Patent B2
US 11,719,239 · App. 17/480,742 · Granted Aug 8, 2023

Pump unit for clutch actuation

Inventors: Christian Sperber (Ebern, DE); Wilhelm Heubner (Ebern, DE); Patrick Gegner (Ebern, DE); Alexander Lehnert (Ebern, DE); Frank Sauerteig (Ebern, DE); Benjamin Wuechner (Ebern, DE)
Assignee: FTE AUTOMOTIVE GmbH
F04C2/344F15B11/17F16H57/0435F16H57/0441F16H61/0025F16H61/0031
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,719,239
App. No.
17/480,742
Granted
Aug 8, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pump unit for clutch actuation, having a high-pressure port for clutch actuation, a low-pressure port for a lubricant flow, a single drive motor and a dual pump, which is driven by the drive motor and has a high-pressure outlet, which is connected to the high-pressure port with a high-pressure line, and a low-pressure outlet, which is connected to the low-pressure port with a low-pressure line, wherein a prefilling line which leads from the low-pressure line to the high-pressure line is provided.

Claims (11)

1. A pump unit for clutch actuation, having a high-pressure port for clutch actuation, a low-pressure port for a lubricant flow, a single drive motor and a dual pump, which is driven by the drive motor and has a high-pressure outlet, which is connected to the high-pressure port with a high-pressure line, and a low-pressure outlet, which is connected to the low-pressure port with a low-pressure line, wherein a prefilling line which leads from the low-pressure line to the high-pressure line is provided,

wherein a check valve which blocks flow in a flow direction from the high-pressure line to the low-pressure line is provided in the prefilling line,

wherein the drive motor is an electric motor which can be driven in two directions of rotation and a control means controls the rotational speed of the drive motor, and in a normal operating state when the check valve is closed, the rotational speed of the drive motor is a rated rotational speed, while for prefilling purposes when the check valve is open, the rotational speed of the drive motor is temporarily increased.

2. The pump unit according to claim 1 , wherein a bypass line for the check valve is provided, wherein a throttle or diaphragm is arranged in the bypass line.

3. The pump unit according to claim 1 , wherein a throttle or diaphragm is provided downstream of a juncture with the prefilling line in the low-pressure line.

4. The pump unit according to claim 1 , wherein a control valve is provided in the low-pressure line downstream of a juncture with the prefilling line.

5. The pump unit according to claim 1 , wherein a control valve is provided in the prefilling line.

6. The pump unit according to claim 1 , wherein a pressure-controlled switching valve, which makes it possible to connect the high-pressure line directly to a reservoir, is provided in the high-pressure line.

7. The pump unit according to claim 1 , wherein a pressure-controlled switching valve, which makes it possible to switch between a throttled throughflow and a free throughflow, is provided in the low-pressure line downstream of a juncture with the prefilling line.

8. The pump unit according to claim 1 , wherein the dual pump is a rotary vane pump,

wherein one low-pressure chamber is delimited between each pair of adjacent rotary vanes and one high-pressure chamber is delimited between a rotor and a face side of each of the rotary vanes received in the rotor.

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 Sep 21, 2021
From: SPERBER, CHRISTIAN; HEUBNER, WILHELM; GEGNER, PATRICK; LEHNERT, ALEXANDER; SAUERTEIG, FRANK; WUECHNER, BENJAMIN
To: FTE AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
Reel/Frame 057547/0511 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2020 127 070.4 · Oct 14, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220112906A1 · Apr 14, 2022
Cited By (1)
US 12,326,189