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US4276007A
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Rotary pump with carbon vanes and an aluminum cylindrical sleeve in the housing
Assignee: Toyota Motor Corp
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Filing: 1979-03-23
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Granted: 1981-06-30
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Expires: 1999-03-23
Abstract
Abstract A rotary fluid pump having a rotor with carbon vanes disposed in a rotor chamber. A cylindrical aluminum sleeve is force fitted into a mating arrangement with the inner peripheral surface of the rotor housing. The aluminum sleeve reduces the friction between the housing and the vanes. The sleeve may be of the same axial length or shorter than the rotor housing. If it is equal end seal plates are employed to provide the necessary expansion gap or end washers are employed at the housing to increase the effective axial length.
Inventors
- 👤 Hiroshi Sakamaki
- 👤 Toshiyuki Maeda
- 👤 Fumihiro Ushijima
- 👤 Tadashi Saitou
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 23:18
CPC Classifications
F; F01; F01C; F01C21/00; F01C21/10; F01C21/104; F01C21/106
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
106 words
In a rotary fluid pump including a rotor housing, a pair of side housings, said rotor housing and pair of side housings forming a rotor chamber, a rotor rotatably supported in said rotor chamber, a plurality of vanes slidably positioned in an equal number of grooves formed in said rotor, said vanes being made of carbon, the improvement comprising a cylindrical sleeve made of aluminum or aluminum alloy subject to anodic oxidation to obtain an oxide film on the inner peripheral surface of said sleeve; the rotor chamber having clearance spaces at its axial end portions and the ends of said sleeve adjacent said clearance spaces.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
106 words
In a rotary fluid pump including a rotor housing, a pair of side housings, said rotor housing and pair of side housings forming a rotor chamber, a rotor rotatably supported in said rotor chamber, a plurality of vanes slidably positioned in an equal number of grooves formed in said rotor, said vanes being made of carbon, the improvement comprising a cylindrical sleeve made of aluminum or aluminum alloy subject to anodic oxidation to obtain an oxide film on the inner peripheral surface of said sleeve; the rotor chamber having clearance spaces at its axial end portions and the ends of said sleeve adjacent said clearance spaces.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
The device of claim 1, wherein outer peripheral surface of said sleeve is subject to knurling to enhance fitting with the inner peripheral surface of said rotor housing.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
The device of claim 1, wherein adhesive material is formed between said sleeve and said rotor housing.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
43 words
The device as claim 1, wherein axial length of said sleeve is less than the axial length of said rotor housing to form said clearance spaces, the axial length of said clearance spaces corresponding to an amount of thermal expansion of said sleeve.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
The device of claim 2, wherein axial length of said clearance space is in the range of 2.2/10 4 to 6.6/10 3 of the axial length of said rotor housing.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
The device of claim 1 wherein the axial length of said sleeve is equal to the axial length of said rotor housing.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
44 words
The device of claim 6 further comprising a pair of end washers respectively interposed between said rotor housing and said side housings, wherein said axial clearance space corresponds to the thickness of the washers to compensate for thermal expansion of said sleeve is formed.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
28 words
The device of claim 7 wherein the axial clearance space is in the range of 2.2/10 4 to 6.6/10 3 of the axial length of said rotor housing.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
41 words
The device of claim 6 further comprising a pair of seal plates respectively interposed between the rotor housing and said side housings, each of said seal plates having an annular recess therein at a position in radial alignment with said sleeve.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
29 words
The device of claim 9 wherein the depth of said annular recesses is the range of 2.2/10 4 to 6.6/10 3 of the axial length of said rotor housing.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1984-06-29 | 1984-12-29 | 1985-06-30 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1988-06-29 | 1988-12-29 | 1989-06-30 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1992-06-29 | 1992-12-29 | 1993-06-30 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |