A vane pump includes: a casing forming a pump chamber therein; a rotor arranged inside the casing to rotate eccentrically with respect to the casing; and a plurality of vanes configured to rotate with the rotor and slide on an inner side surface of the casing. At least one of Formula (1): I(b/a)k and Formula (2): I(c/a)j is satisfied, where a represents a height of the pump chamber, b represents a height of the rotor, c represents a height of the vane in a rotation axis direction of the rotor, and where I represents a linear expansion coefficient of the casing in the rotation axis direction, k represents a linear expansion coefficient of the rotor in the rotation axis direction, and j represents a linear expansion coefficient of the vane in the rotation axis direction.

A variable mechanical lubricant pump provides a pressurized lubricant for an internal combustion engine. The lubricant pump includes a delivery port which is fluidically connected to the engine, a control ring which shifts between a maximum and a minimum eccentricity position, a pump rotor having slidable vanes which rotate in the control ring, a control ring preload spring which pushes the control ring into the maximum eccentricity position, a hydraulic control chamber which pushes the control ring into the minimum eccentricity position, a pressure galley pump port fluidically connected to the engine, and an overpressure valve fluidically associated with the delivery port. The pressure gallery pump port charges the hydraulic control chamber with a gallery pressure to control a remote gallery pressure of the engine via a control chamber pressure in the hydraulic control chamber. The overpressure valve opens if an applied lubricant pressure exceeds a predefined maximum pressure limit.

The invention relates to a rotary sliding vane machine (1) for fluid processing, comprising a housing (2) with a cavity (4) with a rotor (9). Vanes (12) are arranged in outwardly directed slots (13) in the rotor (9), and relative sliding between the vanes and the rotor provides spaces with variable volumes in the rotational direction. Each vane is supported by a vane bearing apparatus (102) comprising a slide bearing body (105) with a slot (13) forming a slide bearing for the vane (12), and a cylindrical convex face (116) facing away from the slot (13), and, on each side of the slot (13), a pivot bearing pad (106) with a cylindrical concave face (117) facing the slide bearing convex face (116), forming a pivot bearing for the vane.

A pump device includes: a drive shaft; a pump element; a pump housing including; a pump element receiving space, first and second bearing receiving spaces, a suction passage, a discharge passage, a return passage, and a seal receiving space, a first bearing including a first lubrication groove, received within the first bearing receiving space, and supporting the drive shaft; a second bearing which includes a second lubrication groove having a sectional area that is perpendicular to the rotation axis, and that is greater than a sectional area of the first bearing that is perpendicular to the rotation axis, which is received within the second bearing receiving space, and which supports the drive shaft; and a seal member provided within the seal receiving space, and arranged to seal between the drive shaft and the pump housing.

A two-stage variable-displacement oil pump includes a casing having a suction port for suctioning oil stored in an oil tank and a discharge port for discharging, to a main gallery; an outer cam ring rotatably installed with respect to a pivot shaft provided inside the casing and having a rotary chamber therein; a rotor installed to be eccentric relative to the outer cam ring, rotating in concert with a rotation of a driving shaft, and including a plurality of vanes radially and slidably installed on an outer circumferential surface of the rotor; a support spring having one end contacting a spring support part formed on an outer side surface of the cam ring and the other end contacting an inner side surface of the casing; and a regulating chamber provided between the outer cam ring and the casing.

A rotor assembly has a vane which engages an eccentric cam block using an insert. The insert is removably attached to the vane. The vane is captured within a transverse slot in the rotor and executes reciprocal motion transversely to the axis of rotation of the rotor as the rotor rotates.

A rotary pump includes: a pump housing having a low-pressure inlet and a high-pressure outlet; a delivery rotor rotatable about a rotational axis and including multiple deliverers distributed over the circumference of the rotor for delivering a fluid from the low-pressure inlet to the high-pressure outlet; and a setting element for adjusting the delivery volume of the pump. The inlet end of the setting element includes a first circumferential portion which extends circumferentially in the rotational direction of the rotor and the axial width of which is smaller than the axial width of the deliverers and a second circumferential portion which adjoins the first circumferential portion in the rotational direction and the axial width of which is greater than the axial width of the first circumferential portion.

This invention relates to a rotary vane device and more particularly but not exclusively, to a rotary vane engine or pump. The invention also relates to a rotor assembly suitable for use in such a rotary vane device. The rotor assembly includes a cylindrical rotor body including a plurality of longitudinally extending receiving slots, the cylindrical rotor body further including a hollow core located radially inwardly of the receiving slots; and a plurality of vanes, with each vane being slidingly locatable inside a receiving slot. The rotor assembly is characterized in that the vanes are biased away from the cylindrical rotor by way of a magnet arrangement including vane magnets located in the vanes, and opposing rotor magnets located inside the hollow core of the rotor body.

An automotive hydraulic actuating system for actuating a movable vehicle part, like a roof part or a wheel suspension. The actuating system comprises a pump unit. The pump unit comprises a piston pump which has a pump rotor and an electric motor which has a motor rotor. The pump rotor and motor rotor are incorporated into a single common rotor. The rotor is a one piece item. The rotor is positioned inside a pump chamber around a pump stator of the piston pump. The pump stator provides a full support to the common rotor. Advantageously, without a separate motor stator, the pump unit has a more compact configuration. Additionally, the pump unit has an improved dynamic performance which contributes to a silent and reliable operation at a high rotational speed.

A vane pump includes a housing, a rotor rotatable about a rotation axis, and a vane that rotates together with the rotor and reciprocates in a radial direction with respect to the rotor, the vane dividing a pump chamber into a plurality of working chambers. At least one of opposite end surfaces of the vane in an axial direction is a sliding surface that slidably contacts an inner surface of the housing via an oil film, and an oil reservoir portion is provided in the sliding surface in a recessed manner.