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US 11,092,146 B2Granted
Pump with symmetrical mounting holes for asymmetrical mounting arrangement
AssigneeFNA Group, Inc.
InventorsGus Alexander, Richard J. Gilpatrick
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Abstract
A pump includes a pump body. The pump may also include a pump mounting flange configured to mount the pump to an engine flange including four clocked mounting holes. The pump mounting flange may include a first set of four mounting holes corresponding to the four clocked mounting holes in a first orientation. The pump mounting flange may include a second set of four mounting holes corresponding to the four clocked mounting holes in a second orientation.
Claims19
A pump comprising:
- a pump body defining an oil reservoir;
- an oil fill passage in fluid communication with the oil reservoir, wherein the oil fill passages is oriented generally tangentially to the oil reservoir;
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- a pump mounting flange configured to mount the pump to an engine flange including four clocked mounting holes, the pump mounting flange including a first set of four mounting holes corresponding to the four clocked mounting holes in a first orientation, and a second set of four mounting holes corresponding to the four clocked mounting holes in a second orientation.
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A pump comprising:
- a cam plate configured to be rotationally driven by an input shaft;
- a plurality of piston pumps radially spaced around a rotational axis of the cam plate and configured to be reciprocatingly driven by the cam plate;
- a housing defining a cavity at least partially containing the cam plate and the plurality of piston pumps;
- an oil fill passage in fluid communication with the cavity, and arranged at a non-radial angle relative to an axis of rotation of the cam plate;
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- a pump mounting flange configured to mount the pump to an engine flange including four clocked mounting holes, the pump mounting flange including a first set of four mounting holes corresponding to the four clocked mounting holes in a first orientation, and a second set of four mounting holes corresponding to the four clocked mounting holes in a second orientation.
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A pump comprising:
- a housing defining a cavity;
- a cam plate and at least one piston pump configured to be axially driven when the cam plate is rotationally driven, the cavity at least partially surrounding the cam plate,
- the housing including a breather oriented at a non-radial angle relative to an axis of rotation of the cam plate;
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- a pump mounting flange configured to mount the pump to an engine flange including four clocked mounting holes, the pump mounting flange including a first set of four mounting holes corresponding to the four clocked mounting holes in a first orientation, and a second set of four mounting holes corresponding to the four clocked mounting holes in a second orientation, wherein the first set of mounting holes and the second set of mounting holes are configured to allow the breather to be oriented in a desired position during operation of the pump.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.