Hig outer rotor shadow pockets
AssigneesHanon Systems Efp Deutschland GmbH, Hanon Systems EFP Canada Ltd.
InventorsManmohan Sehmby, Thilo Stephan Mauser
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Abstract
A gerotor pump includes an outer gerotor having an opening defined by an inner surface thereof, an inner gerotor received within the opening of the outer gerotor with a plurality of cavities formed between the inner gerotor and the outer gerotor, and a plurality of first pockets with each of the first pockets formed as an indentation in the inner surface of the outer gerotor. Each of the first pockets forms a first pressure relief feature for preventing an overpressure within each of the cavities formed between the outer gerotor and the inner gerotor.
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A gerotor pump comprising:
- an outer gerotor having an opening defined by an inner surface thereof;
- an inner gerotor received within the opening of the outer gerotor with a plurality of cavities formed between the inner gerotor and the outer gerotor;
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- a plurality of first pockets, each of the first pockets formed as an indentation in the inner surface of the outer gerotor, each of the first pockets forming a first pressure relief feature for preventing an overpressure within each of the cavities formed between the outer gerotor and the inner gerotor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.