Sliding vane pump

US6497557B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Delphi Technologies · US

Inventors

• David R. Aden · Largo, US
• Thomas C. Rytlewski · Auburn, US
• Jerrod M. Etienne · El Paso, US
• David F. Hammerbacher · Saginaw, US
• Bruce Tucker · Brighton, US
• Roy Heath · Midland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 27, 2000
• Grant date: Dec 24, 2002
• Expiry date: Dec 27, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F04C29/06
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A sliding vane pump comprising a rotor housing having a pumping chamber, a rotor in the pumping chamber having a plurality of radially disposed slots, and a plurality of sliding vanes disposed in the slots configured to extend to follow an inner wall of said pumping chamber.