Oil pump configuration for a motor vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10598271-B2
Application number	US-201715638645-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 30, 2017
Priority date	Jan 13, 2015
Publication date	Mar 24, 2020
Grant date	Mar 24, 2020

Abstract

An oil pump configuration for a motor vehicle includes an oil pump having a pump part and an electric pump motor, wherein the pump part is operatively connected to the electric pump motor. The pump part and/or the electric pump motor can be mounted to a housing which at least partially delimits an oil chamber. Sealing problems at the pump part are prevented and the required installation space is low because the pump part can be mounted inside the housing and the electric pump motor can be mounted from the outside to the housing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An oil pump configuration for a motor vehicle transmission, comprising:
an oil pump having a pump part and an electric pump motor, said pump part being operatively connected to said electric pump motor;
a housing, said housing at least partially delimiting an oil chamber, said pump part being mountable inside said housing, said electric pump motor being mountable on said housing from outside;
a control unit disposed on said electric pump motor;
said control unit being sealed against said electric pump motor;
said housing having a receiver;
said electric pump motor engaging at least partially in said receiver; and
said control unit being sealed against said receiver by at least a seal.

2. The oil pump configuration according to claim 1 , wherein said oil pump is disposed at a differential gear of the motor vehicle transmission.

3. The oil pump configuration according to claim 1 , wherein said pump part is bolted to said housing such that said pump part performs a reinforcing function for said housing.

4. The oil pump configuration according to claim 1 , wherein said oil pump has an electrical power supply which is independent of a transmission control device.

5. The oil pump configuration according to claim 1 , wherein said housing is configured as a clutch housing.

6. The oil pump configuration according to claim 5 , wherein said clutch housing forms a part of a transmission casing and at least partially seals said transmission casing.

7. The oil pump configuration according to claim 5 , wherein said clutch housing at least partially seals a transmission casing.

8. An oil pump configuration for a motor vehicle transmission, comprising:
an oil pump having a pump part and an electric pump motor, said pump part being operatively connected to said electric pump motor;
a housing, said housing at least partially delimiting an oil chamber, said pump part being mountable inside said housing, said electric pump motor being mountable on said housing from outside;
an intermediate shaft disposed in an articulated manner; and
said pump part and said electric pump motor being joined to one another via said intermediate shaft.

9. The oil pump configuration according to claim 8 , wherein:
said housing has a receiver; and
said electric pump motor engages at least partially in said receiver.

10. The oil pump configuration according to claim 9 , wherein:
said housing has a mounting wall delimiting said receiver;
said mounting wall is formed with a passage opening; and
said pump part is centered on an inner side of said mounting wall and said electric pump motor is centered on an outer side of said mounting wall.

11. The oil pump configuration according to claim 8 , wherein:
a control unit is disposed on said electric pump motor; and
said control unit is sealed against said electric pump motor.

12. The oil pump configuration according to claim 11 , wherein:
said housing has a receiver;
said electric pump motor engages at least partially in said receiver; and
said control unit is sealed against said receiver by at least a seal.

13. An oil pump configuration for a motor vehicle transmission, comprising:
an oil pump having a pump part and an electric pump motor, said pump part being operatively connected to said electric pump motor;
a housing, said housing at least partially delimiting an oil chamber, said pump part being mountable inside said housing, said electric pump motor being mountable on said housing from outside; and
a main oil pump functionally actively driven by an internal combustion engine, said main oil pump being provided parallel to said oil pump in a hydraulic oil circuit, wherein an intake tract of said main oil pump can be charged by said oil pump.

14. The oil pump configuration according to claim 13 , including:
an intermediate shaft disposed in an articulated manner; and
said pump part and said electric pump motor being joined to one another via said intermediate shaft.

15. The oil pump configuration according to claim 13 , including a switchover valve provided downstream of said oil pump, wherein in one switch position of said switchover valve, said oil pump feeds a mechatronic unit and in another switch position of said switchover valve, said oil pump feeds a cooling oil branch, wherein said mechatronic unit is configured to perform an oil flow control.

16. An oil pump configuration for a motor vehicle transmission, comprising:
an oil pump having a pump part and an electric pump motor, said pump part being operatively connected to said electric pump motor;
a housing, said housing at least partially delimiting an oil chamber, said pump part being mountable inside said housing, said electric pump motor being mountable on said housing from outside; and
a switchover valve provided downstream of said oil pump, wherein in one switch position of said switchover valve, said oil pump feeds a mechatronic unit and in another switch position of said switchover valve, said oil pump feeds a cooling oil branch, wherein said mechatronic unit is configured to perform an oil flow control.

17. The oil pump configuration according to claim 16 , including a main oil pump functionally actively driven by an internal combustion engine, said main oil pump being provided parallel to said oil pump in a hydraulic oil circuit.

18. The oil pump configuration according to claim 17 , wherein an intake tract of said main oil pump can be charged by said oil pump.

Assignees

• Volkswagen Ag

Inventors

• Warnecke Raimar
• Knoll Waldemar
• Sprenger Ralf
• Tagge Holger
• Cornelsen Karsten
• Birnbaum Thomas
• Müller Frank
• Morthorst Bernd
• Wöhl-Bruhn Henning

Classifications

• F16H61/0031

  using auxiliary pumps, e.g. pump driven by a different power source than the engine · CPC title

• F16H2057/02086

  Measures for reducing size of gearbox, e.g. for creating a more compact transmission casing · CPC title

• F16H57/0441 Primary

  Arrangements of pumps · CPC title

• F16H57/02

  Gearboxes; Mounting gearing therein · CPC title