Reversible volume oil impeller pump with mechanical governor
AssigneeInternational Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC
InventorJames A. Thomas
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Abstract
A fluid pump is provided that produces an outflow of fluid that is not proportional to the speed of the input drive. Thus, the fluid pump can be tuned to provide a substantially constant outflow of fluid irrespective of the speed of the input drive. The fluid pump also provides fluid outflow when the rotational direction of the input drive is reversed.
Claims26
A fluid pump comprising a pump assembly generating a volume of fluid flow from a reservoir, said pump assembly being powered by an input drive;
- a control valve disposed between said pump assembly and an outflow, wherein said control valve alters a portion of said volume directed to said outflow when a speed of said input drive is changed;
- and a governor, wherein said governor alters a position of said control valve when said speed of said input drive is changed.
A fluid pump comprising a pump assembly generating a volume of fluid flow from a reservoir, said pump assembly being powered by an input drive;
- and a control valve disposed between said pump assembly and an outflow;
- said control valve alters a portion of said volume directed to said outflow when a speed of said input drive is changed;
- a diversion, said control valve alters a portion of said volume directed to said diversion in response to said portion directed to said outflow;
- an outflow passage extending through said control valve and a diversion passage extending through said control valve, said outflow passage being disposed to connect said pump assembly to said outflow and said diversion passage being disposed to connect said pump to said diversion;
- wherein said control valve alters said outflow passage connection and said diversion passage connection thereby proportionately altering said portions directed to said outflow and said diversion;
- said pump assembly generates said volume of fluid flow regardless of a rotational direction of said drive input;
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- said pump assembly is an impeller pump assembly.
A fluid pump comprising a pump assembly generating a volume of fluid flow from a reservoir, said pump assembly being powered by an input drive;
- and a control valve disposed between said pump assembly and an outflow;
- said control valve alters a portion of said volume directed to said outflow when a speed of said input drive is changed;
- a diversion, said control valve alters a portion of said volume directed to said diversion in response to paid portion directed to said outflow;
- an outflow passage extending through said control valve and a diversion passage extending through said control valve, said outflow passage being disposed to connect said pump assembly to said outflow and said diversion passage being disposed to connect said pump to said diversion;
- wherein said control valve alters said outflow passage connection and said diversion passage connection thereby proportionately altering said portions directed to said outflow and said diversion;
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- a mechanical governor, said governor alters a position of said control valve when said speed of said input drive is changed;
- and wherein said pump assembly is an impeller pump assembly, said pump assembly generating said volume of fluid flow regardless of a rotational direction of said drive input, wherein said pump assembly comprises an impeller with a forward impeller section having blades facing one direction and a reverse impeller section having blades facing another direction, said forward impeller section substantially generating said volume of fluid flow when said input drive rotates one direction and said reverse impeller section substantially generating said volume of fluid flow when said input drive rotates in an opposite direction.
A fluid pump comprising a pump assembly rotatably attached to an input shaft, said pump assembly generating a volume of fluid per unit time flow from a reservoir proportional to a rotational speed of said input shaft;
- and a governor altering the position of a control valve proportionately to said speed of said input shaft, said control valve directing a portion of said volume of fluid flow per unit time to an outflow and another portion to a diversion;
- wherein said outflow portion decreases as said speed of said input shaft increases.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.