The present invention provides an oil pump device capable of preventing foreign matters from getting caught at a sliding part of an oil pump, and thus of preventing a situation where the oil pump is locked and prevented from rotating. The oil pump device includes an oil pump connected to a supply target apparatus by a hydraulic circuit, the oil pump discharging and supplying oil to the supply target apparatus through the hydraulic circuit; a motor driving the oil pump; a trapping member interposed along the hydraulic circuit, the trapping member trapping a foreign matter mixed in the oil discharged from the oil pump; and a motor control unit controlling the motor to perform a normal control mode of driving the oil pump in a normal control rotation range and perform, at operational start of the oil pump, a lock-avoiding mode of driving the oil pump with a lock-avoiding rotational speed set in advance as a lower limit.

The present invention provides an oil pump device capable of preventing foreign matters from getting caught at a sliding part of an oil pump, and thus of preventing a situation where the oil pump is locked and prevented from rotating. The oil pump device includes an oil pump connected to a supply target apparatus by a hydraulic circuit, the oil pump discharging and supplying oil to the supply target apparatus through the hydraulic circuit; a motor driving the oil pump; a trapping member interposed along the hydraulic circuit, the trapping member trapping a foreign matter mixed in the oil discharged from the oil pump; and a motor control unit controlling the motor to perform a normal control mode of driving the oil pump in a normal control rotation range and perform, at operational start of the oil pump, a lock-avoiding mode of driving the oil pump with a lock-avoiding rotational speed set in advance as a lower limit.

A transfer pump. The pump is for displacing fluid and may generally include a housing; a pump including an impeller, the pump being disposed within the housing for creating suction to draw the fluid through the impeller; a motor for driving the pump; a battery operable to power the motor; and a sensor for sensing current drawn by the motor. The motor may be deactivated when the current drawn by the motor reaches a predetermined current value for a predetermined amount of time.

A transfer pump. The pump is for displacing fluid and may generally include a housing; a pump including an impeller, the pump being disposed within the housing for creating suction to draw the fluid through the impeller; a motor for driving the pump; a battery operable to power the motor; and a sensor for sensing current drawn by the motor. The motor may be deactivated when the current drawn by the motor reaches a predetermined current value for a predetermined amount of time.

A method for determining a flow volume of a fluid delivered by a pump. The flow volume is determined as a function of predefined pump information depending on a pump geometry, rotation speed information, which correlates with the rotation speed of the pump, and pressure information, which correlates with a differential pressure at the pump.

A method for determining a flow volume of a fluid delivered by a pump. The flow volume is determined as a function of predefined pump information depending on a pump geometry, rotation speed information, which correlates with the rotation speed of the pump, and pressure information, which correlates with a differential pressure at the pump.

The invention relates to a progressive cavity pump, comprising at least: a stator (1); a rotor (2), which rotates in the stator (1); a drive (3); a pump housing (4), which is connected to the stator (1) and has at least one inlet opening or outlet opening for the medium to be conveyed; a connecting shaft (9), which is driven by the drive and rotates centrally about an axis (R) in ideal operation of the pump; a coupling rod (10), which is arranged, for example, in the pump housing (4), is articulated at the drive-side end to the connecting shaft (9) and is articulated at the rotor-side end to the rotor (2), and produces an eccentric motion of the rotor end (7) when the connecting shaft (9) rotates centrally. Said pump is characterized in that at least one sensor (15, 16) is arranged in the region of the connecting shaft (9) in order to detect or measure a deviation from true running, which sensor determines a motion profile of the connecting shaft (9) at a specified angular position of the connecting shaft by virtue of the fact that the distance of the surface of the connecting shaft (9) from the sensor (15, 16) is measured.

The invention relates to a progressive cavity pump, comprising at least: a stator (1); a rotor (2), which rotates in the stator (1); a drive (3); a pump housing (4), which is connected to the stator (1) and has at least one inlet opening or outlet opening for the medium to be conveyed; a connecting shaft (9), which is driven by the drive and rotates centrally about an axis (R) in ideal operation of the pump; a coupling rod (10), which is arranged, for example, in the pump housing (4), is articulated at the drive-side end to the connecting shaft (9) and is articulated at the rotor-side end to the rotor (2), and produces an eccentric motion of the rotor end (7) when the connecting shaft (9) rotates centrally. Said pump is characterized in that at least one sensor (15, 16) is arranged in the region of the connecting shaft (9) in order to detect or measure a deviation from true running, which sensor determines a motion profile of the connecting shaft (9) at a specified angular position of the connecting shaft by virtue of the fact that the distance of the surface of the connecting shaft (9) from the sensor (15, 16) is measured.

A system and method for measuring a speed of an engine are provided. The engine has a positive displacement pump drivingly connected to a rotor shaft thereof, the pump having an inlet for receiving a fluid supply and an outlet for outputting pressurized fluid. A sensor signal is received from a pressure sensing device provided at an inlet of the pump, the sensor signal comprising a series of periodic oscillations. A frequency of the oscillations is determined, the frequency proportional to a rotational speed of the rotor shaft. The speed of the engine is then determined from the frequency of the oscillations and the speed of the engine as determined is output for controlling operation of the engine.

A liquid pump device sucking and discharging liquid includes: a pump unit 50, rotating to make the liquid flow; a housing H, accommodating the pump unit and defining a passage 14 of the liquid; and a temperature sensor 80 having a tip region 80a protruded in the passage 14 of the liquid to measure a temperature of the liquid flowing on the passage 14.