Shimadzu has been granted a patent for a helical gear pump design. The pump includes a casing, a pair of helical gears, and a pair of bearing cases. The number of teeth on the driving-side gear is larger than the number of teeth on the driven-side gear. The pump also features a high-pressure hydraulic fluid groove that communicates with the high-pressure region of the fluid in the casing. The design allows for a larger distance between the tooth bottom circle of the driving-side gear and the bearing hole of the driving shaft, resulting in a larger distance between the high-pressure region and the low-pressure region. GlobalData’s report on Shimadzu gives a 360-degree view of the company including its patenting strategy. Buy the report here.
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Patent granted for a helical gear pump with specific gear configuration
A recently granted patent (Publication Number: US11773845B2) describes a helical gear pump with several unique features. The pump includes an external gear pair consisting of a driving-side helical gear and a driven-side helical gear that mesh with each other. The gear pair is sandwiched between a pair of sliding contact members, which have bearing holes for the driving and driven shafts connected to the gears. The pump is housed in a casing.
One notable feature of the pump is the presence of a high-pressure hydraulic fluid groove in the abutment region between the driving-side helical gear and the sliding contact member on the side where the gear is pressed. This groove allows for communication between the high-pressure region of hydraulic fluid in the casing and the gear. The distance between the tooth bottom circle of the driving-side gear and the bearing hole of the driving shaft is set larger than the distance between the tooth bottom circle of the driven-side gear and the bearing hole of the driven shaft. This configuration ensures that the distance between the high-pressure region created by the hydraulic fluid groove and the low-pressure region by the outer peripheral portion of the driving shaft is large.
The patent also mentions additional claims related to the helical gear pump. Claim 2 states that the number of teeth on the driving-side gear is larger than the number of teeth on the driven-side gear. Claim 3 specifies that the outer diameter of the driving shaft in the region penetrating the sliding contact member on the side where the driving-side gear is pressed is smaller than the outer diameter of the driven shaft. Claim 4 mentions that the sliding contact member can be a bearing case or a side plate.
Furthermore, the patent describes the helical gear pump as a helical gear motor that exhibits a motor action. Claims 5 to 8 state that the helical gear motor can be based on any of the previous claims (1 to 4).
Overall, this granted patent introduces a helical gear pump with unique features such as the high-pressure hydraulic fluid groove and specific configurations of gear teeth and shaft diameters. The pump can also function as a helical gear motor.
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