Abstract: A pump includes a pump-head portion including a pump body and a magnet cup. The pump body defines an inlet and an outlet, and the pump body and the magnet cup together define a pump cavity. The pump includes a suction shoe situated on the pump body. The suction shoe includes an engaging portion. The pump includes a movable pumping member situated in the pump cavity and at least partially received within the suction shoe. The pump includes a permanent magnet coupled to the pumping member. The pump includes a pump-driver portion including a magnet driver located outside the magnet cup. The pump includes a pressure-absorbing member situated in the pump cavity. The pressure-absorbing member is configured to engage the engaging portion of the suction shoe such that the suction shoe is urged radially inwardly with respect to an outer edge portion of the surface of the pump body.

Abstract: A hydraulic circuit includes a pump in fluid communication with a reservoir containing a liquid to be pumped. The pump includes an inlet and an outlet. The hydraulic circuit also includes a venturi pump in fluid communication with the reservoir and with the outlet of the pump, and an injection valve including a cooling feature. The injection valve is in fluid communication with the outlet of the pump, and is configured to dispense liquid supplied to the injection valve by the pump. The cooling feature is in fluid communication with the venturi pump. The pump is configured to produce a first flow of liquid, and the hydraulic circuit is configured to supply a first portion of the first flow of liquid to the injection valve for dispensing by the injection valve and a second portion of the first flow of liquid to the venturi pump.

Abstract: A pump includes a pump-head portion including a pump body and a magnet cup. The pump body defines an inlet and an outlet, and the pump body and the magnet cup together define a pump cavity. The pump includes a suction shoe situated on the pump body. The suction shoe includes an engaging portion. The pump includes a movable pumping member situated in the pump cavity and at least partially received within the suction shoe. The pump includes a permanent magnet coupled to the pumping member. The pump includes a pump-driver portion including a magnet driver located outside the magnet cup. The pump includes a pressure-absorbing member situated in the pump cavity. The pressure-absorbing member is configured to engage the engaging portion of the suction shoe such that the suction shoe is urged radially inwardly with respect to an outer edge portion of the surface of the pump body.

Abstract: A hydraulic circuit includes a pump in fluid communication with a reservoir containing a liquid to be pumped. The pump includes an inlet and an outlet. The hydraulic circuit also includes a venturi pump in fluid communication with the reservoir and with the outlet of the pump, and an injection valve including a cooling feature. The injection valve is in fluid communication with the outlet of the pump, and is configured to dispense liquid supplied to the injection valve by the pump. The cooling feature is in fluid communication with the venturi pump. The pump is configured to produce a first flow of liquid, and the hydraulic circuit is configured to supply a first portion of the first flow of liquid to the injection valve for dispensing by the injection valve and a second portion of the first flow of liquid to the venturi pump.

Abstract: Pump assemblies are disclosed that have a magnetically driven pump-head subassembly and a pump-driver subassembly coupled thereto, wherein the pump-driver subassembly includes a pump-driver enclosure. The pump-head subassembly comprises a rotatable magnet contained in a magnet cup extending into the pump-driver enclosure. The pump-driver subassembly has a printed circuit board (PCB) in the pump-driver enclosure and a stator mounted to the PCB. The stator coaxially surrounds the magnet cup. The magnet cup has a distal-end wall. The printed circuit board includes a stator-driving circuit and at least one signal-processing circuit. The PCB defines a void relative to the distal-end wall that exposes at least half the distal-end wall. The pump-driver enclosure has an aspect ratio of no greater than one (unity).

Abstract: An exemplary pump includes a pump housing defining a pump cavity, a movable pumping member situated in the pump cavity, and at least one pressure-absorbing member located inside the pump housing. The housing also has an inlet and an outlet, and includes at least one interior non-wearing location that contacts liquid in the pump housing when the pump housing is primed with the liquid. The movable pumping member, when driven to move, urges flow of the liquid from the inlet through the pump cavity to the outlet. The at least one pressure-absorbing member is located inside the pump housing at the non-wearing location and contacts the liquid. The pressure-absorbing member has a compliant property to exhibit a volumetric compression when subjected to a pressure increase in the liquid contacting the pressure-absorbing member, the volumetric compression being sufficient to alleviate at least a portion of the pressure increase.

Abstract: Magnetically driven gear-pump heads and pumps are disclosed. An exemplary gear-pump head includes a housing, a magnet cup, a pump driving gear, and a pump driven gear. The housing has a pump axis and defines a pump cavity. The magnet cup extends along the pump axis and contains a driven magnet that is rotatable inside the magnet cup about the pump axis. The driven magnet comprises a first driving gear. The pump driving gear has a first gear axis, and the pump driven gear has a second gear axis. The first gear axis is parallel to but laterally offset from the pump axis on a first side of the pump axis. The second gear axis is parallel to but laterally offset from the pump axis on a second side of the pump axis. The pump gears are situated in the pump cavity and interdigitate with each other such that rotation of the pump driving gear causes a corresponding contrarotation of the pump driven gear.

Abstract: Gear pumps are disclosed having a gear-assembly section, a drive-assembly section, and at least one passage fluidly connecting the gear-assembly and drive-assembly sections, wherein the passage includes substantially non-movable walls defining a non-linear fluid-flow path. A particular example is a magnetic gear pump having a gear-assembly section; a section that includes a magnet assembly received in a cup cavity; and a third section located between the gear-assembly and magnet-assembly sections, wherein the third section includes a fluid-input port, a fluid-output port, and at least one conduit for fluidly interconnecting the gear-assembly and magnet-assembly sections; and a member defining at least one non-linear passage in fluid connection with the third section conduit and the cup cavity.

Abstract: Gear pumps are disclosed having a gear-assembly section, a drive-assembly section, and at least one passage fluidly connecting the gear-assembly and drive-assembly sections, wherein the passage includes substantially non-movable walls defining a non-linear fluid-flow path. A particular example is a magnetic gear pump having a gear-assembly section; a section that includes a magnet assembly received in a cup cavity; and a third section located between the gear-assembly and magnet-assembly sections, wherein the third section includes a fluid-input port, a fluid-output port, and at least one conduit for fluidly interconnecting the gear-assembly and magnet-assembly sections; and a member defining at least one non-linear passage in fluid connection with the third section conduit and the cup cavity.