Hydrodynamic bearing arrangement for pump assembly
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorsArjun Kailassh Magalingam Adithyan, James Brown, Charles Schwab
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Abstract
A bearing configuration for an oil pump assembly is disclosed herein. The bearing configuration includes a first radially extending hydrodynamic bearing element configured to directly face a first axial side of a gear, a second radially extending hydrodynamic bearing element configured to directly face a second axial side of the gear, and an axially extending hydrodynamic bearing element configured to directly face a radially inner side of the gear. The bearing configuration is configured to be used to support an idler gear in a transmission assembly, in one example.
Claims10
A bearing configuration for an oil pump assembly, the bearing configuration comprising:
- a first radially extending hydrodynamic bearing element configured to directly face a first axial side of a gear;
- a second radially extending hydrodynamic bearing element configured to directly face a second axial side of the gear;
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- an axially extending hydrodynamic bearing element configured to directly face a radially inner side of the gear;
- wherein the second radially extending hydrodynamic bearing element is formed integrally with a cover;
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- wherein the first radially extending hydrodynamic bearing element and the axially extending hydrodynamic bearing element are formed integrally with each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.