Pressure source unit
AssigneeKawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKenta KANO, Hideki TANAKA, Takanobu NAKAMURA, Atsuhito HIGUCHI, Yukito IMAMURA
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Abstract
A pressure source unit includes: a hydraulic pump including a rotating shaft and a pump casing; and an electric motor including an output shaft and a motor casing, the output shaft being coupled to the rotating shaft by a coupling structure. The pressure source unit further includes a housing that accommodates therein the rotating shaft, the output shaft, and the coupling structure, the housing connecting between the pump casing and the motor casing. Hydraulic oil is stored in the pump casing, and the hydraulic oil is supplied into the housing.
Claims13
A pressure source unit comprising:
- a hydraulic pump including a rotating shaft and a pump casing;
- an electric motor including an output shaft and a motor casing, the output shaft being coupled to the rotating shaft by a coupling structure;
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- a housing that accommodates therein the rotating shaft, the output shaft, and the coupling structure, the housing connecting between the pump casing and the motor casing, wherein
- hydraulic oil is stored in the pump casing, and the hydraulic oil is supplied into the housing.
The pressure source unit according to claim wherein
- an axial direction of the rotating shaft of the hydraulic pump and the output shaft of the electric motor extends vertically, and
- the hydraulic pump is positioned below the electric motor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.