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US 7,188,601 B1Granted
Oil pump for engine using gerotors having fully filtered oil flow
AssigneeRenegade Motors International Pty Ltd.
InventorJohn Trease
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Abstract
The oil pump has a cam support plate attached to the engine block. The support plate has a pressure relief valve. An oil pump body assembly has a pair of gerotors on each side. The gerotors are attached to and driven by a shaft attached to the rear cam.
Claims14
An engine comprising
- an engine block having a cam chest,
- at least one cam shaft within said cam chest,
- a cam support plate attached to said engine block,
- an aperture in said cam support plate receiving said at least one cam shaft,
- an oil pump body attached to said cam support plate, said oil pump body having a left side and a right side,
- an aperture in said oil pump body aligned with said cam support plate aperture,
- a drive shaft connected to said at least one cam shaft extending through said oil pump body aperture,
- a first gerotor mounted on said drive shaft and on said left side of said oil pump body.
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An oil pump comprising
- a cam support plate,
- an aperture in said cam support plate,
- an oil pump body attached to said cam support plate, said oil pump body having a left side and a right side,
- an aperture in said oil pump body aligned with said cam support plate aperture,
- a drive shaft extending through said oil pump body aperture,
- a first gerotor and a second gerotor mounted on said drive shaft, the oil pump body being between the first and second gerotor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.