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US 2024/0318650 A1Published application
Electric motor with dual pump for providing scavenge and delivery functions
AssigneeGHSP, Inc.
InventorRyan David Rosinski
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Abstract
A fluid pump includes a housing. A delivery portion includes a delivery pump element disposed within the housing. A return portion includes a return pump element disposed within the housing. A motor is disposed within the housing that drives the delivery pump element and the return pump element via a drive shaft. The delivery portion is configured to deliver fluid from a reservoir to a drive unit. The return pump element is configured to deliver the fluid from a sump assembly of the drive unit to the reservoir.
Claims21
1-59. (canceled)
A fluid pump comprising:
- a housing;
- a delivery portion having a delivery pump element disposed within the housing;
- a return portion having a return pump element disposed within the housing;
- and
- a motor disposed within the housing that drives the delivery pump element and the return pump element via a drive shaft, wherein the delivery portion is configured to deliver fluid from a reservoir to a drive unit, and wherein the return pump element is configured to deliver the fluid from a sump assembly of the drive unit to the reservoir.
2 more elements
A fluid pump comprising:
- a housing having a motor portion, a delivery portion and a return portion;
- a motor disposed within the motor portion, the motor operably coupled to a drive shaft that extends from the motor and through the delivery portion and the return portion;
- a delivery pump element disposed within the delivery portion and coupled with the drive shaft;
- and
- a return pump element disposed within the return portion of the housing and coupled with the drive shaft, wherein operation of the motor drives the delivery pump element and the return pump element via the drive shaft, wherein the delivery pump element is configured to deliver fluid from a reservoir to a drive unit, and wherein the return pump element is configured to deliver the fluid from a first sump and a second sump of the drive unit to the reservoir.
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A fluid pump comprising:
- a motor portion, a delivery pump element and a return pump element;
- a drive shaft that extends from the motor to each of the delivery pump element and the return pump element, wherein the motor, the drive shaft, the delivery pump element and the return pump element are contained within a housing, wherein
- operation of the motor simultaneously drives the delivery pump element and the return pump element via the drive shaft;
- the delivery pump element is configured to deliver fluid from a reservoir to a drive unit;
- and
- the return pump element is configured to deliver the fluid from a sump assembly of the drive unit to the reservoir.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.