Hybrid module with multi-gerotor pump
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorKyle Nelson
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Abstract
A multi-gerotor pump includes a shaft, rotatable about an axis, a first gerotor pump, a second gerotor pump, a housing, and a reservoir. The first gerotor pump has a first inner gerotor rotationally fixed to the shaft and the second gerotor pump has a second inner gerotor, axially offset from the first inner gerotor, and rotationally fixed to the shaft. The housing has a first gerotor pump inlet channel and a first gerotor pump outlet channel, and a second gerotor pump inlet channel and a second gerotor pump outlet channel. The first gerotor pump outlet channel and the second gerotor pump inlet channel are in fluid communication with the reservoir.
Claims17
A multi-gerotor pump, comprising:
- a shaft, rotatable about an axis;
- a first gerotor pump comprising a first inner gerotor rotationally fixed to the shaft;
- a second gerotor pump comprising a second inner gerotor, axially offset from the first inner gerotor, rotationally fixed to the shaft;
- a housing comprising:
- a first gerotor pump inlet channel and a first gerotor pump outlet channel;
- a second gerotor pump inlet channel and a second gerotor pump outlet channel;
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- a reservoir, wherein the first gerotor pump outlet channel and the second gerotor pump inlet channel are in fluid communication with the reservoir.
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