# US 10,119,541 B2 · Pump device with a vacuum pump and a lubrication pump

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- Number: US 10,119,541 B2
- Document ID: US10119541B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/532,268
- Filed: 2014-11-04
- Published: 2015-05-14
- Granted: 2018-11-06
- Earliest claimed: 2013-11-07
- Assignees: Joma-Polytec GmbH
- Applicants: Joma-Polytec GmbH
- Inventors: Andreas Blank; Torsten Helle; Martin Thoma
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10119541B2

## CPC

- F04C 23/005: {of dissimilar working principle}
- F04C 2/344: with vanes reciprocating with respect to the inner member
- F04C 11/005: {of dissimilar working principle}
- F04C 18/344: with vanes reciprocating with respect to the inner member
- F04C 28/06: specially adapted for stopping, starting, idling or no-load operation
- F04C 2210/206: Oil
- F04C 2220/10: Vacuum
- F04C: ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS (engines F03C); ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS

## Abstract

A pump device having a drive shaft which has a drive section that can be coupled with a drive system. The pump device includes a vacuum pump that can be driven by the drive shaft. The vacuum pump includes a rotor and at least one blade that can be moved in radial direction in the rotor and that divides pressure chambers. The pump device also includes a lubrication pump that can be driven by the drive shaft. The vacuum pump is arranged between the drive section and the lubrication pump. A locking device is provided between the rotor and the lubrication pump in which, when activated, the at least one blade remains in a radially internal position when the rotor is rotating.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An automotive pump device comprising:
a drive shaft which includes a drive section that can be coupled with a drive system of a combustion engine;
a lubrication pump used in the engine oiling system and for lubricating other components that are driven by the drive shaft;
a vacuum pump of a brake booster that is driven by the drive shaft,
wherein the vacuum pump includes a rotor having an inner and an outer portion and two blades, said blades being movable in radial directions while being guided by the rotor whereby the blades divide pressure chambers, and whereby the blades are arranged in parallel to each other,
said vacuum pump is arranged in the axial direction between the drive section and the lubrication pump,
said drive shaft is rotationally coupled with the rotor and the lubrication pump includes a pump shaft that is rotationally coupled with the rotor,
a rotary member is disposed in axial direction between the rotor and the pump shaft, said rotary member rotationally coupled at one axial end with the rotor and rotationally coupled at its other axial end with the pump shaft;
a control element and a blocking element, said rotary member includes an activation valve to activate the blocking element;
said activation valve comprises a pressure chamber extending inside the rotary member extending in an axial direction, which is restricted by a ram comprising the control element at its free end on a side facing away from the pressure chamber, wherein said ram acts to restrict the pressure chamber and is shiftable in the axial direction when pressure is supplied to the pressure chamber, and
said blocking element disposed in the rotor between the two parallel blades and is a unitary piece with a clamping cone disposed in an expandable central portion thereof in which the control element can be received, and
when activated, the control element moves in the axial direction against the clamping cone and expands the central portion of the blocking element radially against the blades to retain the blades by friction in the radially internal position.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The automotive pump device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the rotary member forms a counter bearing of the rotor and the pump shaft.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The automotive pump device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the rotary member has or restricts lubricating ducts for lubricating the rotor, the blade and/or the rotary member.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The automotive pump device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the rotary member provides or restricts a pressure port for actuating said activation valve.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The automotive pump device as set forth in claim 4, wherein the activation valve has two switching positions, a lubrication inlet, a first lubrication outlet into the rotor, and a second lubrication outlet into the pressure chambers.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The automotive pump device as set forth in claim 5, wherein the activation valve is configured such that the lubrication inlet is connected to the first lubrication outlet and the second lubrication outlet when the activation valve is not actuated, and/or configured such that the lubrication inlet is connected to the second lubrication outlet and is not connected to the first lubrication outlet when the activation valve is actuated.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The automotive pump device as set forth in claim 5, wherein the activation valve has a pressure chamber which is restricted by the ram that can be shifted in an axial direction, wherein the ram has a control edge which detaches the connection between the first lubrication inlet and the lubrication outlet when the valve is actuated.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The automotive pump device as set forth in claim 7, wherein the ram is supplied with a compression spring on a side of the ram facing away from the pressure chamber.