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Electric pump

Granted 1 Mar 2011 · 4 office actions

Assignee: Toyota Motor

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Inventors: Toshiro Fujii, Yoshiyuki Nakane · Examiner: Devon C Kramer · AU 3746 · TC 3700

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Abstract

A rotary shaft is rotatable relative to a motor rotor. A first end face of the motor rotor is exposed to the outside of a stator. A hammer portion is provided at the first end face. The hammer portion is configured to be movable as the motor rotor rotates. A collision portion rotating integrally with the rotary shaft is configured to collide with the hammer portion. The allowance space between the collision portion and the hammer portion allows the hammer portion to be move relative to the collision portion. Therefore, the electric pump is capable of detaching a rotor from a pump chamber without increasing the size of the pump.

Claims

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Classifications

3 codes
IPC · International Patent Classification
Section F — Mechanical engineering; lighting; heating; weapons
  • F04B9/00
USPC · US Patent Classification
417/319417/321

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Office actions
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Examiner
Devon C Kramer
art unit 3746 · TC 3700
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related publicationUS 20070176512 A12 Aug 2007

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