Abstract: An oil pump emits less noise by properly forming the profiles of teeth of an inner rotor and an outer rotor thereof which engage each other, whereby decreasing sliding resistance and rattle between the tooth surfaces of the rotors.

Abstract: A rotary machine having a housing with rotary components disclosed within. The rotary machine is configurable as an internal combustion rotary engine, an external combustion rotary engine, a gas compressor, a vacuum pump, a liquid pump, a drive turbine, or a drive turbine for expandable gases or pressurized liquids. The combustion engine employs a new thermal cycle—eliminating the Otto cycle's internal compression of the combustion products as part of the cycle. The new combustion thermal cycle is intake, expansion and exhaust.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rotary piston engine having at least two rotary pistons, both being formed as gearwheels mounted in a rotatable fashion on mutually perpendicular axes in a housing providing a closed seal for the pistons on both faces as well as around their circumferences, and being at one point in a sliding, mutually sealing engagement of gear teeth with each other.

Abstract: A rotary pump such as a trochoid pump is composed of a housing and a rotating structure including an inner rotor and an outer rotor. The rotating structure is rotatably enclosed in a rotor space formed in the housing. The rotor space is divided into a low pressure space communicating with an inlet port and a high pressure space communicating with an outlet port by a pair of peripheral seals disposed in radial grooves formed in an inner periphery of the housing and by a side seal disposed in an axial space between the rotating structure and the housing. The side seal is disposed in the axial space not to cover sidewalls of the radial grooves belonging to the high pressure space, so that the side seal is bent by the pressure in the high pressure space to effectively seal the axial space.

Abstract: The invention concerns a micropump for the substantially continuous delivery of a mass flow, the micropump having a sleeve axis and an offset axis of rotation. An internal rotor meshes with an external rotor in a sleeve and at least one outlet-side pressure opening in a first end-face termination part. Both rotors have a dimension smaller than 10 mm. The invention further concerns a micromotor of similar construction in which the diameter of the rotors and the casing are below 10 mm. The pump and motor are extremely miniaturized yet still permit a continuous flow with high feed pressure and high output.

Abstract: An oil pump apparatus includes an oil pump housing having a first suction port, a second suction port and a discharge port in the circumferential direction thereof. A shape of the end portion in the anti-rotational direction at the second suction port is formed to be along a shape of the end portion on the rotational direction side of one pump chamber which is sealed momentarily between the two suction ports, and a shape of the inner circumferential end portion of the first suction port is formed to be along the rotational trace of the end portion on the anti-rotational direction side of the pump chamber. A plural first pockets are formed on the driven rotor, and a second pocket is formed on the pump housing to communicate between the pump chamber and one of the first pockets when the pump chamber is communicated to the first suction port.

Abstract: An engine is disclosed. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the engine comprises a compressor, and combustor, and an expander. The compressor compresses ambient air. The combustor burns the compressed air, and produces exhaust gasses. The expander receives the exhaust gases from the combustor, and expands the exhaust gasses. The compressor may be a gerotor compressor or a piston compressor having variable-dead-volume control. The expander may be a gerotor expander or a piston expander having variable-dead-volume control. In another embodiment, an engine comprises a piston compressor, a combustor, a piston expander, and a pressure tank. The piston compressor compresses ambient air. The combustor bums the compressed air, and produces exhaust gasses. The piston expander receives the exhaust gasses from the combustor, and expands the exhaust gasses. The pressure tank receives and stores the compressed air from the compressor.

Abstract: A rotary machine having a housing with rotary components disclosed within. The rotary machine is configurable as an internal combustion rotary engine, an external combustion rotary engine, a gas compressor, a vacuum pump, a liquid pump, a drive turbine, or a drive turbine for expandable gases or pressurized liquids. The combustion engine employs a new thermal cycle—eliminating the Otto cycle's internal compression of the combustion products as part of the cycle. The new combustion thermal cycle is intake, expansion and exhaust.

Abstract: Two inner gears are overlapped with each other through a partition wall and are eccentrically arranged at an inner peripheral side of an outer gear, and eccentric directions of both the inner gears are shifted from each other by 180° to the opposite side. By this, loads in an outer diameter direction due to a rise in fuel pressure affect one outer gear from the two inner gears oppositely to each other by 180°, so that an eccentric load is not generated, and sliding resistance of the outer gear to a cylindrical casing becomes small. Further, the number of teeth of the outer gear is made odd, and the number of teeth of the inner gears is made even.

Abstract: A drive system is provided for coupling a clutch assembly with a pump assembly that provides fluid power to cool, lubricate and control the operation of the clutch. The drive system comprises a drive coupling rotatably supported on an input shaft by a plurality of bearing members. The bearing members permit the drive coupling to rotate independent of the rotation of the input shaft. The drive coupling is provided with at least two splined surfaces for engaging a corresponding splined surface on both the clutch assembly and the pump. The drive system counteracts radial loads generated within the pump and moment loads generated at the splined connections to prevent premature wear or damage to the pumping elements and mating components.

Abstract: In a shaft (19) having outer teeth (18) for transferring torque between hydraulic machines (1, 2) arranged coaxially behind one another, especially hydraulic pumps of a steering device, in which an inner wheel (7; 8) provided with teeth (9; 10; 15; 16) on the inside and outside moves around the inside of a toothed ring (3; 4) having inner teeth (5; 6) and engages with the teeth (5; 6) of the toothed ring (3; 4), and the teeth (18) of the shaft (19) engage without relative rotation in the inner teeth (15; 16) of the inner wheels (7, 8), in order to simplify manufacture and assembly of the shaft and to avoid noise, the thickness of the teeth (18) of the shaft (19) or of the inner teeth (15; 16) of the inner wheels (7, 8), measured on the reference circle, is greater than the width, measured on the reference circle, of the gaps into which those teeth (18; 7; 8) engage, with the result that the flanks of the teeth (18) of the shaft (19) come into contact securely with the flanks of the inner teeth (15; 16) of the

Abstract: This invention is directed to a pump bracket that is adapted to allow for the inboard or outboard mounting of a mechanical seal or packing material to accommodate different pump configurations and applications. The universal pump bracket includes a first flange that is adapted to be connected to a pump housing and a second flange, which is laterally displaced from the first flange and adapted to be connected to a bearing carrier. If an inboard mechanical seal or inboard packing arrangement is desired, the bracket can be installed so the seal is facing the inboard direction. Alternatively, if an outboard seal arrangement is desired, the bracket can be installed on the rotor so the seal or packing faces the outboard direction.

Abstract: An oil pump apparatus includes an oil pump housing having a first suction port a second suction port and a discharge port in the circumferential direction thereof. A shape of the end portion in the anti-rotational direction at the second suction port is formed so as to be along a shape of the end portion in the rotational direction at the pump chamber which is sealed momentarily between the first suction port and the second suction port, and a shape of the inner circumferential end portion of the first suction port is formed so as to be along the rotational trace of the end portion on the side of the anti-rotational direction at the pump chamber which is sealed momentarily between the first suction port and the second suction port. A plural first pockets are formed on the driven rotor, and a second pocket is formed on the pump housing.

Abstract: An engine is disclosed. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the engine comprises a compressor, and combustor, and an expander. The compressor compresses ambient air. The combustor bums the compressed air, and produces exhaust gasses. The expander receives the exhaust gases from the combustor, and expands the exhaust gasses. The compressor may be a gerotor compressor or a piston compressor having variable-dead-volume control. The expander may be a gerotor expander or a piston expander having variable-dead-volume control. In another embodiment, an engine comprises a piston compressor, a combustor, a piston expander, and a pressure tank. The piston compressor compresses ambient air. The combustor bums the compressed air, and produces exhaust gasses. The piston expander receives the exhaust gasses from the combustor, and expands the exhaust gasses. The pressure tank receives and stores the compressed air from the compressor.

Abstract: The invention concerns a micropump for the substantially continuous delivery of a mass flow, the micropump having a sleeve axis and an offset axis of rotation. An internal rotor meshes with an external rotor in a sleeve and at least one outlet-side pressure opening in a first end-face termination part. Both rotors have a dimension smaller than 10 mm. The invention further concerns a micromotor of similar construction in which the diameter of rotors and the casing are below 10 mm. The pump and motor are extremely miniaturized yet still permit a continuous flow with high feed pressure and high output.

Abstract: An engine is disclosed. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the engine comprises a compressor, and combustor, and an expander. The compressor compresses ambient air. The combustor burns the compressed air, and produces exhaust gasses. The expander receives the exhaust gases from the combustor, and expands the exhaust gasses. The compressor may be a gerotor compressor or a piston compressor having variable-dead-volume control. The expander may be a gerotor expander or a piston expander having variable-dead-volume control. In another embodiment, an engine comprises a piston compressor, a combustor, a piston expander, and a pressure tank. The piston compressor compresses ambient air. The combustor burns the compressed air, and produces exhaust gasses. The piston expander receives the exhaust gasses from the combustor, and expands the exhaust gasses. The pressure tank receives and stores the compressed air from the compressor.

Abstract: A positive displacement hydraulic unit includes a housing having a chamber formed therein with a circumferential surface bounded by a pair of spaced apart end walls. A rotary element for displacing fluid rotatably mounts in the chamber. A layer of abradable coating material is positioned between an end wall of the chamber and the adjacent side wall of the rotary element so as to provide a near-zero side clearance for the rotary element and thereby high volumetric efficiency for the hydraulic unit.

Abstract: An internal-gear machine has a casing and a running assembly accommodated in the casing and comprising a rotatably mounted pinion and an internally toothed annular gear meshing with the pinion. The annular gear is widened at its outer periphery to form a running ring which can be integral with the internally toothed part of the annular gear or a separately produced component which is non-rotatably connected to the internally toothed part.

Abstract: The invention concerns a micropump for the substantially continuous delivery of a mass flow, the micropump having a sleeve axis and an offset axis of rotation. An internal rotor meshes with an external rotor in a sleeve and at least one outlet-side pressure opening in a first end-face insert part which is inserted into the sleeve of slightly largely diameter, is aligned in the axial direction. The invention further concerns a micromotor of similar construction in which the diameter of the delivery hose corresponds approximately to that of the sleeve casing. The pump and motor are extremely miniaturized yet still permit a continuous flow with high feed pressure and high output.

Abstract: A trochoidal gear pump or engine uses a coaxial hub with the outer and/or inner rotor and an associated rolling element bearing assembly that preferably uses pre-loaded bearings to precisely set the rotational axis and/or the axial position of the rotor with which it is associated. This allows the fixed-gap clearance between the rotor surfaces and the housing surfaces or the other rotor surfaces to be set at a distance that minimizes operating fluid shear forces and/or by-pass leakage and eliminates gear tooth wear thus preserving effective chamber to chamber sealing. The device is useful in handling gaseous and two-phase fluids in expansion/contracting fluid engines/compressors and can incorporate an output shaft that accommodates an integrated condensate pump for use with Rankine cycles. A vent from the housing cavity to a lower pressure input or output port regulates built-up fluid pressure in the housing thereby optimizing the efficiency of the device by controlling bypass leakage.

Abstract: A power transfer pump includes a rotary pump disposed within connected body sections comprising a top body, a main body with two ports and a cylindrical chamber to house a rotary assembly, a supporting body fitted with a connecting head, and a mounting body. The mounting body has a flexible ring, a bolt and forms a drive motor chamber with the supporting body to receive and clamp a power source that engages with the rotary assembly to activate the pump. The power transfer pump integrates into an oil removal station whereby by means of the rotary pump assembly, an oil sucking and discharging effect is created.

Abstract: An internal gear pump includes in a pump housing an outer rotor including an internal gear portion on the inner periphery, and an inner rotor being eccentrically disposed with respect to the outer rotor and including an external gear portion on the outer periphery that is engaged with the internal gear portion of the outer rotor. A side plate is integrated with the outer rotor to abut on a side of the inner rotor that fails to be in slide contact with the housing. A holding device is mounted to the pump housing to restrict a position of the outer rotor with respect to the housing.

Abstract: A reversible gerotor-type pump having an angularly moveable reversing ring rotatably supporting an internally toothed rotor which in turn cooperates with an externally toothed gear received within the rotor and rotatable therewith about an axis parallel to but spaced from the axis of rotation of the rotor, and, magnet means magnetically attracting the rotor towards the reversing ring so as to provide drag between the rotor and the reversing ring at least at the commencement of rotation of the rotor relative to the reversing ring.

Abstract: An oil pump apparatus incorporates a housing defining therein a generally cylindrical space, an outer rotor having a substantially cylindrical outer peripheral surface disposed in rotatably sliding contact with an inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical space, the outer rotor further having an inner peripheral surface formed thereon with a plurality of circumferentially equally spaced gear teeth, and a shaft rotatably mounted in the housing.

Abstract: An electric motor fuel pump has an inner gear rotor and an outer gear rotor each with a plurality of radially opposed intermeshing teeth each having a pair of driving surfaces and defining circumferentially disposed expanding and ensmalling pumping chambers through which fuel is drawn and then discharged under pressure. The inner gear rotor is coupled to a motor armature journalled for rotation within a fuel pump housing to drive the inner gear rotor and the associated outer gear rotor. The teeth of each gear rotor have a step formed thereon providing a pair of offset driving surfaces on at least each driving face of each tooth and preferably offset trailing surfaces on each trailing face of each tooth. The stepped tooth profile permits greater eccentricity between inner and outer gear rotors which increases the fuel displacement of the gear rotors.

Abstract: A positive displacement gear rotor fuel pump with a plurality of spaced apart outlet ports through which fuel is discharged from a fuel pumping assembly and a valve which prevents any fuel downstream of the outlet ports which is at outlet pressure, from reentering portions of the pumping assembly which are at a lower pressure to prevent the higher pressure fuel from rapidly compressing and collapsing the fuel vapor in the pumping assembly to greatly reduce the noise of the operating fuel pump. This reduces the magnitude of the cavitation noise in the fuel pump which is the noise caused by the collapsing of the fuel vapor in the pump. The outlet ports are also constructed and arranged to prevent adjacent pumping chambers of the pumping assembly from communicating with each other to prevent the fuel at an increased pressure in a downstream pumping chamber from flowing into a lower pressure pumping chamber upstream thereof to also reduce cavitation noise in the fuel pump.

Abstract: A fuel pump comprises a pump unit and a motor unit. The pump unit is a trochoid gear type having rotors in a pump chamber defined by a pair of side plates and a cylindrical housing. A disk plate is attached to the side plate to provide an arcuate-shaped pressure pulsation reducing passage jointly with the side plate. Protrusions or recesses are provided in the passage to cause turbulence in fuel flowing through the passage. This turbulence scatters pressure pulsation in the fuel thereby to reduce the pressure pulsation.

Abstract: An oil pump rotor in which there is formed an inner rotor 10 having n teeth, the tips of the teeth prescribed by an epicycloid curve generated by a first outer rotating circle Ei which rotates along the base circle Bi of inner rotor 10, and the tooth spaces prescribed by a hypocycloid curve generated by a first rotating circle Hi which turns along the base circle Bi of inner rotor 10, and an outer rotor 20 having n+1 teeth, the tooth spaces prescribed by an epicycloid curve generated by a second rotating circle Eo which turns along the base circle Bo of outer rotor 20 and the tips of the teeth prescribed by a hypocycloid curve generated by a second inner rotating circle Ho which rotates along the base circle Bo of outer rotor 20; wherein each of the rotors are formed to satisfy:Do>Di, di>dowhere Di, di, Do, and do designate the diameters of Ei, Hi, Eo, and Ho, respectively.

Abstract: A filling member-less internal-gear unit has a casing with a bearing ring which is accommodated movably in a bore in the casing transversely with respect to its axis but non-rotatably. An internally toothed annular gear is rotatably mounted in the bearing ring and meshes with a pinion rotatably mounted in the casing. The bearing ring is pivotable relative to the bore in the casing about a pivot axis parallel to its axis. The pivot axis is so disposed that the ring portion of the bearing ring, which is associated with the engagement-free annular gear region, is moved at least approximately radially towards the pinion axis by the hydraulic pressure forces acting on the annular gear in the pressure chamber.

Abstract: The present invention provides a rotary compressor capable of significantly reducing the loss attributable to mechanical friction. Since an outer rotor 2 is connected via connecting plates 4 to an inner rotor 3, when the outer rotor 2 is rotated by external rotational force, the inner rotor 3 can rotate together with the outer rotor 2 in the same direction. At that time, the rotors 2 and 3 rotate at positions offset relative to each other so that partition pieces 2d on the outer rotor 2 perform circular movement within partition grooves 3b in the inner rotor 3 while turning the connecting plates 4. Thus, the rotors 2 and 3 rotate together, with at least two partition pieces 2d turning all the time along the inner surfaces of the associated partition grooves 3b in a non-contact manner, so that a fluid from an inflow port 1d flows into a space between the rotors 2 and 3 partitioned by the partition pieces 2d and the partition grooves 3b, the fluid being discharged through an outflow port 1e.

Abstract: A bi-directional fluid pump for providing a source of pressurized fluid. The fluid pump includes a gerotor assembly, an inlet valve system, and an outlet valve system which work cooperatively to provide pressurized fluid during two directions of rotation.

Abstract: An in-tank type electric motor fuel pump with a fuel inlet end cap, a fuel outlet cap, a case coaxially joining the end caps to form a pump housing, an electric motor mounted in the housing having a stator with spring-retained permanent field magnets surrounding the motor armature, and a gerotor pump in the housing rotatably driven by the motor armature. An inlet port plate, an outlet port plate and a cam ring sandwiched between the plates form a gerotor pocket axially between the plates, and inner and outer gear rotors are disposed in the pocket with intermeshing teeth defining circumferentially disposed expanding and ensmalling pumping chambers. A pair of alignment and fastening screw pins are the sole hardware for clamping the plates and cam ring in tightly sandwiched relationship and holding the pump unit together in properly axially, radially and angularly oriented component relationship in precision final assembly as an operable gerotor pump.

Abstract: A gerotor pump having reduced drag torque at low temperatures is disclosed. The pump includes a shaft journalled in the housing. Mounted on the shaft are a pair of axially space metallic port plates and disposed therebetween are metallic interior and exterior gears. A ceramic eccentric ring circumscribes the exterior gear to define a diametral clearance.

Abstract: A helical gear fluid machine comprises an inner rotary element (14) and an outer rotary element (15) and a casing (12), the rotary elements being mounted within the casing for rotation about mutually spaced fixed axes (17,16), The casing forms stationary inlet and outlet chambers (21,24) to the working section of the machine. The inner rotary element (14) is only supported for rotation by means of the outer rotary element (15) and by means of a coupling (28) with the drive shaft.

Abstract: A rotary fluid displacement apparatus (100) with an orbiting toothed ring member (30) is shown with an improved casing (60) and rolling support between the faces of the valve discs (46, 47) and the first and second fluid transfer elements (21, 35). Particularly, needle bearings (106, 112) are sandwiched between thrust washers (108,114) and then between the valve discs (46, 47) and the fluid transfer elements (21, 35), with one of the needle bearings (106) being piloted in an annular groove (110) formed in the annular plate (23) of the first fluid transfer element (21) and the other of the needle bearings (112) being piloted on the hub (35') of the second fluid transfer element (35). The casing (60) includes two pieces, i.e. a generally cylindrical portion (62) and an end cap (64).

Abstract: A positive displacement machine with planetary motion and hypertrochoidal geometry, including an enclosure arrangement essentially constituted by a cylindrical piston (11), and a cylindrical enclosure (10) and by a third device in rotoidal connection with this piston and this enclosure, characterized in that the directrix of the piston or of the enclosure is hypertrochoidal or uniformly distant from a hypertrochoid. The machine can carry any type of fluid and can convert mechanical energy into hydraulic energy or vice versa, depending on the nature of the distribution selected for assuring the admission and escape of the fluid. This admission may furthermore be adjustable, to assure a variation in the displacement. For well-chosen geometries, the direct contact between the enclosure and the piston may be used to create the relative motion between the piston and the enclosure and to make it unnecessary to use a separate transmission.

Abstract: A gear pump in which a gear is secured to a shaft by a press fit and by a key which fits into a slot in the shaft. The key includes radially projecting ears which fit into keyways in the bore of the gear, the keyways having bottoms facing axially toward the bottom of the slot. A hot upset at the free end of the shaft clamps the key axially between the bottom of the slot and the bottom of the keyways. When the shaft/gear/key subassembly is assembled with the body and the end plate of the pump, the gear retention elements described above coact to positively prevent the shaft from being pulled out of the body and from being thrust inwardly into contact with the end plate.

Abstract: An electric-motor fuel pump that includes an inlet end cap, an outlet end cap and a case coaxially joining the end caps to form a closed pump housing. An electric motor is disposed with the housing, and includes an armature journalled for rotation between the end caps, a stator surrounding the armature and means for applying electrical power to the motor. The armature is coupled to a gerotor mechanism for pumping fuel from the inlet to the outlet through the housing. The gerotor pumping mechanism comprises an annular wall on the inlet end cap forming an open pocket axially opposed to the armature. Inner and outer gear rotors are disposed within the pocket, and have radially opposed intermeshing teeth that define circumferentially disposed expanding and ensmalling pumping chambers. The inner gear rotor is coupled to the motor armature. Inlet and outlet gerotor ports in the inlet end cap axially open between the rotors into the expanding and ensmalling chambers respectively.

Abstract: An electric-motor fuel pump that includes an inlet end cap, an outlet end cap and a case coaxially joining the end caps to form a closed pump housing. An electric motor is disposed with the housing, and includes an armature journalled for rotation between the end caps, a stator surrounding the armature and means for applying electrical power to the motor. The armature is coupled to a gerotor mechanism for pumping fuel from the inlet to the outlet through the housing. The gerotor pumping mechanism comprises an annular wall on the inlet end cap forming an open pocket axially opposed to the armature. Inner and outer gear rotors are disposed within the pocket, and have radially opposed intermeshing teeth that define circumferentially disposed expanding and ensmalling pumping chambers. The inner gear rotor is coupled to the motor armature. Inlet and outlet gerotor ports in the inlet end cap axially open between the rotors into the expanding and ensmalling chambers respectively.

Abstract: In an epitrochoidal rotary air compressor, a stationary portion includes a stationary single offset power shaft on which is mounted an epitrochoidal rotor in a rotary housing portion. The rotor includes a pinion gear which cooperates with a ring gear in the rotary housing portion to move the rotor within the rotor chamber in the rotary housing portion. A centrifugally driven lubrication system including lubrication channels extending internally of the stationary power shaft is provided for lubricated bearings and gears within the apparatus. An improved compression seal engaging the lateral faces of the rotor has a plurality of buttons biasing a split ring against the lateral faces of the rotor. An air pressure unloader valve is centrifugally operated to release the load from the compressor during startup. A rotary after-cooler in the rotary housing portion removes thermal energy from the compressed air prior to leaving the compressor and an inter-cooler may be provided in a two stage compressor.

Abstract: A gerotor pump set passages 32 extending parallel to the axis of rotation through the female lobed annulus, and similar passages through the male lobed rotor. These passages enable flow from the fluid inlet to pass into the working chamber such as 43 either directly at the inlet end, or after flow through those passages and through the transfer passage 43 at the opposite axial end to the inlet, without requiring a transfer passage externally of the annulus. the result is better axial filling of the working chambers, in a particularly compact design.

Abstract: A gear motor includes a housing provided with a cylindrical opening therein. A cover covers the opening of the housing to form an enclosed chamber. A shaft is rotatably supported on the cover and housing. An outer tooth gear is axially movably mounted on the shaft and integrally rotatable with the shaft. An inner tooth gear meshes with the outer tooth gear to form actuating chambers. An inlet port is formed on the cover for introducing a high pressure fluid to the actuating chambers. An outlet port is formed on the cover for discharging the fluid from actuating chambers. High and low pressure ports are provided in both the cover and housing. The outer circumferential portion of the high pressure port of housing is larger in radius than that of the high pressure port of the cover.

Abstract: The rotary piston machine has two internal rotors (2, 3) fixed to a common shaft (12) and two external rotors (4, 5) rigidly interconnected by means of an annular rotor disk (9). The working spaces (16) between the engagement parts of both external rotors (4, 5) extend a maximum extension (19) radially inward past the inner boundary of rotor disk (9). For the axial sealing of the working spaces (16), also in the area of said extension (19), the rotor disk (9) encloses a partition body (15), which surrounds the shaft (12) of the internal rotors (2, 3) by means of a bearing (43). A further bearing (13) is provided between rotor disk (9) and partition body (15). Partition body (15) is prevented from concomitant rotation with one of the two rotary machine parts (9, 12) adjacent thereto as a result of the radial displacement of the shaft (12) engaging therein relative to the rotation axis of rotor disk (9).

Abstract: A pure rotary positive displacement device includes a rotatably mounted circular cylindrical housing having an even number of equiangularly spaced, radial cylinders formed therein. A rotatably mounted piston carrier rotates in synchronization with the cylinder housing and supports at least one piston for movement within the cylinders. The central axis of the piston carrier is offset from the central axis of the cylinder housing, and each piston is spaced from the central axis of the piston carrier by the offset between the rotational axes of the piston carrier and the cylinder housing. The pistons and cylinders preferably have congruent conjugate surfaces to reduce leakage between the pistons and the cylinders, and the pistons are rotatably mounted to the piston carrier. The number of pistons is typically one-half the number of cylinders, and if multiple pistons are used, then they are spaced equiangularly about the piston carrier.

Abstract: The displacement machine includes a casing (1) closed by an end plate (2) and accommodating a rotor with displacement surfaces with which a seal is engaged in form-locking manner to co-rotate therewith. The displacement surfaces sealingly engage a hollow (5) which defines the working space and is concentric to the rotational axis (3) of the rotor whereby the hollow (5) is provided in the rotor-facing end face (6) of the casing (1). The end face (6) defines with the rotational axis (3) of the rotor an angle deviating from 90.degree.. The rotor is a displacement body (4) filling out and covering the hollow (5) with at least one recess according to a section along an axis parallel plane or curved area intersecting the hollow (5) wherein the surface parts of the displacement body (4) projecting into the hollow (5) define the displacement surfaces (4a). Arranged in each recess is a sealing element (7) which bears against the displacement surfaces (4a) along a sealing line.

Abstract: A rotor type oil pump is arranged about a leading end of a crankshaft having an annular external gear of the pump concentrically disposed about the leading end. An oil pump driving mechanism is proposed, which comprises a cylindrical portion integrally defined by the leading end of the crankshaft, the cylindrical portion having the same diameter throughout the axial length thereof; and a tubular spacer member coaxially disposed on and splined to the cylindrical portion to rotate therewith, the tubular spacer member having such an external shape as to be latchingly engageable with the annular input member of the oil pump.

Abstract: An improved positive displacement rotary pump, such as a gerotor pump, having an axial housing inlet opening with an outer radial edge extending inside the radial outer extent of the rotating fluid in the pump such that at design speed, the fluid pressure due to rotation of the fluid, does not cause fluid to move back into the inlet. Otherwise, the inlet is maximally open to allow maximum filling efficiency.

Abstract: The invention provides an oil pump as a replacement for the conventional piston type oil pumps used in Triumph motor cycles. The pump of the invention comprises a plurality of plates with a feed pump section between a pair of plates and a scavenge section between another pair of plates. Appropriate bores and galleries are provided between the plates for the pumping of the oil. The pumping sections are formed by rotary lobed pump members.

Abstract: An internal axis single-rotation machine, wherein an external rotor and an internal rotor are mounted for intermeshing rotation about their own centers of gravity at different angular velocities within a casing and wherein two pairs of radially external sealing corner areas on the internal rotor kinematically describe internal lateral faces which define recesses in the external rotor and wherein internal sealing corner areas on the external rotor kinematically describe external peripheral faces on the internal rotor, the rotors being arranged in cooperating rotative relationship such that a meshing gear-like contact is maintained between internal lateral faces of the external rotor and lateral faces of the internal rotor.

Abstract: A rotary pump device and an inner gear rotor therefore in which the inner gear rotor has a outer peripheral profile surface whose cross section perpendicular to its central axis is in the form of an inner envelope curve derived by moving a locus circle on an epitrochoidal curve. If the epitrochoidal curve is defined by a base circle of diameter A, a rolling circle of diameter B and an eccentricity of length e, and the locus circle has a diameter C, the inner rotor therefor having an eccentricity ratio f.sub.e =e/B, a locus circle ratio f.sub.c =C/B and a base circle ratio n=A/B, the ratios f.sub.e, f.sub.c and n are selected so as to make the inner envelope curve smooth without any edge portions by selecting the ratios to have values such that f.sub.c /K.sub.i .ltoreq.1.1, wherein K.sub.i =(n+1).times..vertline.1-2f.sub.e .vertline.. The inner gear rotor is rotatable in an outer gear rotor having circularly arched radially inwardly extending teeth.