Gerotor pump comprising an inner gerotor and an outer gerotor and an electric motor in a pump housing, and the outer gerotor is formed integrally with the rotor of the electric motor, wherein magnets are integrated into the outer gerotor, and the rotor is rotatably mounted on a shaft that is fixed on one side to a housing or a housing base of the pump housing.

An example apparatus includes an outer rotor having a first axial face and a second axial face opposite the first axial face, wherein the first axial face comprises a circumferential contour defining a plurality of lobe faces, and wherein the second axial face comprises a transformed circumferential contour defining a corresponding plurality of lobe faces, where the transformed circumferential contour comprises at least one of a scale transformation of the circumferential contour or a rotational transformation of the circumferential contour; and an inner rotor configured to rotate eccentrically within the outer rotor, thereby forming a gerotor element for a fluid pump.

An example apparatus includes an outer rotor having a first axial face and a second axial face opposite the first axial face, wherein the first axial face comprises a circumferential contour defining a plurality of lobe faces, and wherein the second axial face comprises a transformed circumferential contour defining a corresponding plurality of lobe faces, where the transformed circumferential contour comprises at least one of a scale transformation of the circumferential contour or a rotational transformation of the circumferential contour; and an inner rotor configured to rotate eccentrically within the outer rotor, thereby forming a gerotor element for a fluid pump.

An example hydraulic motor comprises: a stator comprising (i) a stator body having plurality of roller pockets, wherein the stator body comprises a plurality of grooves that are longitudinally-extending, and (ii) a plurality of rollers disposed respectively in the plurality of roller pockets; a rotor having a plurality of external teeth configured to engage with the plurality of rollers of the stator, such that the plurality of rollers and the plurality of external teeth define fluid chambers therebetween configured to expand and contract as the rotor rotates within the stator; and an anti-cogging passage configured to provide pressurized fluid from at least one of the fluid chambers to at least one groove of the plurality of grooves of the stator body, such that pressurized fluid provided to the at least one groove applies a radially-inward force on a respective roller toward the rotor.

A hydraulic gerotor pump for an automatic transmission may comprise a housing and a gear set rotatably disposed within the housing. The gear set may comprise an inner gear and an outer gear having radially opposed intermeshing teeth that together define a plurality of circumferentially disposed variable volume pumping chambers therebetween. The housing may be made of a first aluminum-based material, and the inner gear and the outer gear of the gear set may be made of a second aluminum-based material. The linear coefficient of thermal expansion of the first aluminum-based material may be substantially the same as that of the second aluminum-based material.

A gerotor pump includes a pump head including a configuration of gerotors for pumping in operation a fluid medium from an input port arrangement to an output port arrangement, and a motor arrangement for providing mechanical power in operation for actuating the configuration of gerotors. The configuration of gerotors includes an outer gerotor and an inner gerotor that are operable to cooperate to entrap and propel the fluid medium from the input port arrangement to the output port arrangement. At least one of the outer gerotor and the inner gerotor are fabricated from a flexible material and/or are internally structured so as to exhibit a flexible peripheral exterior surface in operation. Moreover, the outer gerotor and the inner gerotor are loaded and/or are assembled together in a preloaded state, within the pump head, so that a gap formed between the gerotors whereat they mutually cooperate for entrapping and propelling the fluid medium is maintained in a flexibly compressed state when the pump is in operation. Optionally, at least one of the outer and inner gerotors is fabricated as a hybrid component including regions of a flexible material therein, and regions of an inflexible material therein. More optionally, the flexible material has a Young's modulus in a range of 1 MegaPascal (MPa) to 5 GigaPascals (GPa), and the inflexible material has a Young's modulus in a range of 2 GPa to 420 GPa.

An internal gear pump for forward and reverse operations, including: a pump housing which includes a first fluid port and a second fluid port, wherein in a first rotational direction, the first fluid port is formed as a fluid outlet and the second fluid port is formed as a fluid inlet, and in a second rotational direction, the first fluid port is formed as a fluid inlet and the second fluid port is formed as a fluid outlet; an internal gear and an external gear which together form delivery cells in order to deliver a fluid; a first rotary bearing which mounts the internal gear; and a second rotary bearing which mounts the external gear; and includes a lubricant feed which sets a fluid flow between the fluid ports through the two rotary bearings in both rotational directions.

An internal gear pump for forward and reverse operations, including: a pump housing which includes a first fluid port and a second fluid port, wherein in a first rotational direction, the first fluid port is formed as a fluid outlet and the second fluid port is formed as a fluid inlet, and in a second rotational direction, the first fluid port is formed as a fluid inlet and the second fluid port is formed as a fluid outlet; an internal gear and an external gear which together form delivery cells in order to deliver a fluid; a first rotary bearing which mounts the internal gear; and a second rotary bearing which mounts the external gear; and includes a lubricant feed which sets a fluid flow between the fluid ports through the two rotary bearings in both rotational directions.

This pump comprises: a housing; a stator which is disposed in the housing and comprises a coil; and pump gears disposed so as to correspond to the stator, wherein the pump gears comprise an outer gear and an inner gear, which is disposed inside the outer gear, and the outer gear is formed of magnetic material.

The disclosure provides a pump device capable of suppressing hydraulic amplitude and reducing noise or vibration associated with hydraulic amplitude while simplifying the structure. The pump device includes: a housing which defines a suction port, a discharge port, and an accommodation chamber; and a pump unit which is arranged in the accommodation chamber and which defines a pump chamber that expands and contracts to exert a pumping action including a suction stroke and a pressurization and discharge stroke on a fluid. The housing includes an air introduction hole that is opened to introduce air into the pump chamber at a predetermined opening timing immediately before the suction stroke is completed.