A variable displacement vane pump with electronic oil pressure control provides efficient pumping of engine oil precise regulation of engine oil pressure. The variable displacement oil pump includes a rotor supported in a housing for rotation about an axis of rotation and a slide ring movably supported in the housing. A plurality of vanes extends between the rotor and the slide ring to define a plurality of variable displacement pumping chambers. An electronic drive mechanism is configured to position the slide ring with respect to the axis of rotation, and a controller is configured to drive the electronic drive mechanism for selectively positioning the slide ring to adjust an eccentricity of the slide ring relative to the axis of rotation such that the displacement of the pumping chambers is varied.

A fuel pump includes a cam arrangement surrounding a rotor and disposed within a spacer ring. The cam arrangement is configured to deterministically translate relative to the spacer ring and the rotor during stroking of the pump. An involute gear set provides an interface between the cam arrangement and the spacer ring. In some cases, the involute gear set is configured to provide a linear translation of the cam arrangement along a timing line. In other cases, the involute gear set is configured to provide a linear translation of the cam arrangement at an angle relative to the timing line.

A fuel pump includes a cam arrangement surrounding a rotor and disposed within a spacer ring. The cam arrangement is configured to deterministically translate relative to the spacer ring and the rotor during stroking of the pump. An involute gear set provides an interface between the cam arrangement and the spacer ring. In some cases, the involute gear set is configured to provide a linear translation of the cam arrangement along a timing line. In other cases, the involute gear set is configured to provide a linear translation of the cam arrangement at an angle relative to the timing line.

A variable displacement vane pump with electronic oil pressure control provides efficient pumping of engine oil precise regulation of engine oil pressure. The variable displacement oil pump includes a rotor supported in a housing for rotation about an axis of rotation and a slide ring movably supported in the housing. A plurality of vanes extends between the rotor and the slide ring to define a plurality of variable displacement pumping chambers. An electronic drive mechanism is configured to position the slide ring with respect to the axis of rotation, and a controller is configured to drive the electronic drive mechanism for selectively positioning the slide ring to adjust an eccentricity of the slide ring relative to the axis of rotation such that the displacement of the pumping chambers is varied.

This oil pump is equipped with a rotatable inner rotor that includes a vane-housing unit housing multiple vanes so as to be capable of sliding in the radial direction, a rotatable annular outer rotor that includes multiple vane-connecting parts connecting the tip ends of the multiple vanes on the outside in the radial direction, first volume-changing parts, which are provided between the inner rotor and the outer rotor, and a first volume of which is changed in response to eccentricity of the inner rotor with respect to the outer rotor, thereby providing a pumping function, and second volume-changing parts, which are provided in the outer rotor, and a second volume of which is changed by a change in the distance between adjacent vane-connecting parts in the circumferential direction in response to eccentricity of the inner rotor with respect to the outer rotor, thereby providing a pumping function.

This oil pump is equipped with a rotatable inner rotor that includes a vane-housing unit housing multiple vanes so as to be capable of sliding in the radial direction, a rotatable annular outer rotor that includes multiple vane-connecting parts connecting the tip ends of the multiple vanes on the outside in the radial direction, first volume-changing parts, which are provided between the inner rotor and the outer rotor, and a first volume of which is changed in response to eccentricity of the inner rotor with respect to the outer rotor, thereby providing a pumping function, and second volume-changing parts, which are provided in the outer rotor, and a second volume of which is changed by a change in the distance between adjacent vane-connecting parts in the circumferential direction in response to eccentricity of the inner rotor with respect to the outer rotor, thereby providing a pumping function.

A variable displacement pump includes: a first pressure control chamber; a second pressure control chamber; a spring arranged to urge the cam ring in a second swing direction; a hydraulic pressure supply valve arranged to be opened by a predetermined hydraulic pressure, and thereby to introduce a control hydraulic pressure to the first control chamber; a connection passage formed in the housing or the cam ring, and arranged to connect the first pressure control chamber and the second pressure control chamber; and a relief circuit arranged to connect the second pressure control chamber and a low pressure side, to be opened or closed in accordance with a swing position of the cam ring, and to be closed when the cam ring is swung by a predetermined amount in the first direction.

A variable displacement pump includes: a first pressure control chamber; a second pressure control chamber; a spring arranged to urge the cam ring in a second swing direction; a hydraulic pressure supply valve arranged to be opened by a predetermined hydraulic pressure, and thereby to introduce a control hydraulic pressure to the first control chamber; a connection passage formed in the housing or the cam ring, and arranged to connect the first pressure control chamber and the second pressure control chamber; and a relief circuit arranged to connect the second pressure control chamber and a low pressure side, to be opened or closed in accordance with a swing position of the cam ring, and to be closed when the cam ring is swung by a predetermined amount in the first direction.

An electric pump includes a housing 2 configured of a housing body 3 and a cover 4, a stator 6 having a plurality of coils 15, a rotor 7 configured of an inner side outer rotor 16 and an outer side rotor body 17, a pump part 8 disposed on the inner circumferential side of the rotor 7 of an electric motor 5, side plates 11 and 12 disposed on both side surfaces of the rotor 7, an inner rotor 9, and a plurality of connecting plates 10 interposed between the outer rotor 16 and the inner rotor 9. The side plate 12 of the side plates 11 and 12 is pressed to the rotor 7 by a compression coil spring 28.

An inner rotor (a drive side) includes a plurality of slots. An outer rotor (a driven side) includes a plurality of pendulum retaining grooves. Each of pendulums includes a head section swingably fitted into a corresponding one of the pendulum retaining grooves and a body section slidably fitted into the corresponding one of the slots. A torque transmission surface of the body section includes a straight line section and a curved section. At a reference angle position at which a perpendicular line orthogonal to an eccentric direction becomes parallel to the corresponding one of the slots, the straight line section makes a surface contact on a torque-transmission-side side surface to start a torque transmission. Until a torque transmission end point, the curved section contacts on opening edge of the corresponding one of the slots. A curved section profile is set to make mutually equal angular velocities between the two rotors.