A pump having at least two fluid drivers and a method of delivering fluid from an inlet of the pump to an outlet of the pump using the at least two fluid drivers. Each of the fluid drives includes a prime mover and a fluid displacement member. The prime mover drives the fluid displacement member to transfer fluid. The fluid drivers are independently operated. However, the fluid drivers are operated such that contact between the fluid drivers is synchronized. That is, operation of the fluid drivers is synchronized such that the fluid displacement member in each fluid driver makes contact with another fluid displacement member. The contact can include at least one contact point, contact line, or contact area.

Related is an electric oil pump, and the electric oil pump includes a pump housing having an inner pump cavity, where the inner pump cavity includes a first cavity and a second cavity; a first rotor assembly disposed in the first cavity; a stator assembly and a second rotor assembly that are disposed in the second cavity; an electric control board; a supporting member at least partially disposed between the stator assembly and the electric control board; and a connecting terminal. The electric oil pump can reduce deformation of the connecting terminal when the connecting terminal is respectively connected to the stator assembly and the electric control board.

An electric oil pump includes a pump housing provided with an a first cavity and a second cavity; a first rotor assembly disposed in the first cavity; a stator assembly and a second rotor assembly that are disposed in the second cavity; an electric control board assembly; an isolating member, where the stator assembly is disposed at a first side of the isolating member, the electric control board assembly is disposed at a second side of the isolating member; and a wiring terminal fixedly connected to the isolating member; where a connecting position between the wiring terminal and the isolating member is sealed and a connecting position between the isolating member and the pump housing is sealed. The electric oil pump can prevent working medium from affecting the performance of the electric control board assembly.

An integrated electromechanical and hydraulic system is disclosed which includes an electric machine, the electric machine includes a casing, a stator adapted to remain stationary within the casing, one or more electrically insulated windings coupled to the stator, a rotor separated from the stator and the one or more windings by a radial diamagnetic gap, electrical power couplings, and a first mechanical power couplings, and a hydraulic machine also disposed in the housing, the hydraulic machine having hydro-mechanical couplings as well as a second mechanical power couplings, wherein the second mechanical power couplings are coupled to the first mechanical power couplings.

An electric pump system and method of operating the same involves pumping a fluid through a fluid passageway defined in a mechanical pump from a pump inlet to a hollow shaft of a motor, through the hollow shaft to an internal motor cavity defined by a housing of the motor, and through another fluid passageway defined in the motor housing and mechanical pump that leads to a pump outlet. The system and method further involve pumping the fluid through another fluid passageway defined in the mechanical pump from yet another pump inlet to the pump outlet. The temperature of fluid exiting the hollow shaft can be assessed and used by an electronic control unit (ECU) of the electric pump system to control the same. The electric pump system can be part of a cooling and lubrication system for an electric vehicle transmission, gearbox, differential or transfer case, for example.

An example assembly includes a main housing having an internal chamber therein; an electric motor disposed in the internal chamber of the main housing and comprising (i) a stator that is fixedly-positioned in the internal chamber of the main housing, and (ii) a motor rotor positioned within the stator and rotatable relative to the stator; a hydraulic pump positioned in the main housing, at least partially within the motor rotor of the electric motor, wherein the hydraulic pump is configured to receive fluid from an inlet port and provide fluid flow to an outlet port, wherein the hydraulic pump comprises a pump drive shaft rotatably-coupled to the motor rotor of the electric motor; and a plurality of cooling fluid channels formed in the main housing and configured to allow fluid to circulate through the main housing to cool the main housing.

One example of a gerotor pump includes an inner rotor comprising multiple teeth, the inner rotor configured to rotate about a first longitudinal gerotor pump axis. The gerotor pump also includes a hollow outer rotor including an outer surface and an inner surface having substantially identical contours, the inner surface configured to engage with the multiple teeth and to rotate about a second longitudinal gerotor pump axis. The pump includes a pump housing within which the inner rotor and the outer rotor are disposed, wherein the outer surface of the outer rotor defines gaps between the pump housing and the outer rotor.

The present disclosure relates to a fluid power pack, comprising: a manifold block comprising at least one fluid port; a first housing mounted on the manifold block and enclosing a first tank configured to hold a liquid; an electric motor mounted on the manifold block and disposed within the first tank so that the electric motor is configured to be submerged in a liquid held within the first tank for cooling the electric motor; a second housing mounted on the manifold block and enclosing a second tank configured to hold a liquid; and a hydraulic pump mounted on the manifold block and drivingly engaged with the electric motor, the hydraulic pump comprising a low pressure port and a high pressure port. The high pressure port of the hydraulic pump is in fluid communication with the fluid port of the manifold block and the low pressure port of the hydraulic pump is in fluid communication with the second tank. The present disclosure further relates to a hydraulic system including the fluid power pack and a hydraulic load fluidly connected with the fluid power pack.

An electric pump device includes a motor having a rotor and a stator portions, a pump portion and a housing. The stator portion has a stator core, and coils each having a winding portion and a crossover portion. The housing has a housing body portion having a tubular shape and extending in the axial direction, and a flange portion expanding radially outward from the outer peripheral surface of the housing body portion. The flange portion has an end surface that faces toward one side in the axial direction and is disposed in the axial direction between a first and a second virtual plane. The first and the second virtual planes pass through parts of the stator core, the winding portion, and the crossover portion located respectively closest to one and the other sides in the axial direction and expanding in a direction perpendicular to a central axis.

A pump having at least two fluid drivers and a method of delivering fluid from an inlet of the pump to an outlet of the pump using the at least two fluid drivers. Each of the fluid drives includes a prime mover and a fluid displacement member. The prime mover drives the fluid displacement member to transfer fluid. The fluid drivers are independently operated. However, the fluid drivers are operated such that contact between the fluid drivers is synchronized. That is, operation of the fluid drivers is synchronized such that the fluid displacement member in each fluid driver makes contact with another fluid displacement member. The contact can include at least one contact point, contact line, or contact area.