Gear-wheel pump, in particular for a high-pressure fuel pump
US6527530B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 28, 2002 |
| Grant date | Mar 4, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 28, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF04C15/0049
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A geared pump, having a housing (18), two gear wheels (14, 16) that are disposed in the housing and mesh with one another, and at least one groove (22) that is embodied in the housing on the pressure side of the geared pump, cavitation damage at high rpm is to be avoided. To that end, it is provided that the groove has a first portion (24), which extends from the pressure side, and in which the bottom of the groove (22) has a slight spacing from the tips of the teeth (20) of the gear wheel, and a second portion (26), which adjoins the first portion and in which the bottom of the groove (22) has a maximum spacing from the tooth tips that is greater than the spacing in the first portion, and the first portion extends over a smaller angular range (&agr;) than the second portion, and the groove extends over a total angular range (&agr;, &bgr;) that is somewhat greater than angular spacing between two teeth (20).
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.