Internal rotor-type fluid machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9759215-B2
Application number	US-201314139917-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 24, 2013
Priority date	Dec 24, 2012
Publication date	Sep 12, 2017
Grant date	Sep 12, 2017

Abstract

An internal rotor-type fluid machine includes a rotary shaft, a rotor which rotates together with the rotary shaft, a support portion which is provided on the rotary shaft or the rotor, and which supports the rotary shaft to be tiltable with respect to the rotor, and a pressure chamber inner wall surface which configures a pressure chamber by contacting an end surface of the rotor in an axial direction. The rotor is pressed toward the rotary shaft by a high fluid pressure, based on a pressure difference in the pressure chamber between a high pressure side and a low pressure side having a lower pressure than the high pressure side. The support portion is deviated in a direction away from the pressure chamber inner wall surface further than a center position of the rotor in the axial direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An internal rotor-type fluid machine comprising:
a rotary shaft extending in an axial direction;
a rotor which rotates together with the rotary shaft, the rotor possessing one end surface at one axial end of the rotor and an other end surface at an opposite axial end of the rotor,
a support portion which is provided on the rotary shaft or the rotor, and which supports the rotary shaft to be tiltable with respect to the rotor; and
a pressure chamber inner wall surface which configures a pressure chamber by contacting the one end surface of the rotor in the axial direction,
wherein the rotor is pressed toward the rotary shaft by a high fluid pressure, based on a pressure difference in the pressure chamber between a high pressure side and a low pressure side having a lower pressure than the high pressure side,
wherein the support portion is deviated in a direction away from the pressure chamber inner wall surface further than a center position of the rotor in the axial direction,
the other end surface of the rotor being sealed by coming into contact with a sealing mechanism which is pressed toward the rotor by the high fluid pressure, and the one end surface of the rotor being sealed by coming into contact with the pressure chamber inner wall surface by virtue of a force which presses the sealing mechanism toward the rotor,
the sealing mechanism including:
an inner member possessing a hollow rectangular shape,
an annular rubber member, and
an outer member possessing a hollow rectangular shape.

2. The internal rotor-type fluid machine according to claim 1 ,
wherein in a state where the rotor is pressed toward the rotary shaft, a rotational moment is generated by the high fluid pressure in a direction in which the end surface of the rotor in the axial direction is pressed toward the pressure chamber inner wall surface with a portion where the support portion comes into contact with the rotary shaft serving as a fulcrum.

3. The internal rotor-type fluid machine according to claim 2 ,
wherein the fulcrum is positioned away from the pressure chamber inner wall surface in the axial direction further than the center position of the rotor in the axial direction.

4. The internal rotor-type fluid machine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the support portion is provided on the rotor and has a tip surface which is brought into surface contact with the rotary shaft, and
wherein if the rotary shaft is tilted, the support portion is brought into line contact with the rotary shaft.

5. The internal rotor-type fluid machine according to claim 1 , wherein the outer member is distinct from the inner member.

6. The internal rotor-type fluid machine according to claim 1 , wherein the annular rubber member is located between an outer peripheral wall of the inner member and an inner peripheral wall of the outer member.

7. A gear pump device comprising:
a rotary shaft extending in an axial direction;
an inner rotor which is formed with a center hole, to which the rotary shaft is inserted, and rotates together with the rotary shaft, the inner rotor possessing one end surface at one axial end of the inner rotor and an other end surface at an opposite axial end of the inner rotor;
an outer rotor which is provided at an outer circumference of the inner rotor;
a support portion which is provided on an inner peripheral surface of the inner rotor, and which supports the rotary shaft to be tiltable with respect to the inner rotor;
a pressure chamber inner wall surface which configures a pressure chamber, which is a gap formed between the inner rotor and the outer rotor, by contacting the one end surface of the inner rotor in the axial direction,
wherein the inner rotor is pressed toward the rotary shaft by a high fluid pressure, based on a pressure difference in the pressure chamber between a high pressure side and a low pressure side having a lower pressure than the high pressure side, and
wherein the support portion is deviated in a direction away from the pressure chamber inner wall surface further than a center position of the rotor in the axial direction,
the other end surface of the inner rotor being sealed by coming into contact with a sealing mechanism which is pressed toward the inner rotor by the high fluid pressure, and the one end surface of the inner rotor being sealed by coming into contact with the pressure chamber inner wall surface by virtue of a force which presses the sealing mechanism toward the inner rotor,
the sealing mechanism including:
an inner member possessing a hollow rectangular shape,
an annular rubber member, and
an outer member possessing a hollow rectangular shape.

8. The gear pump device according to claim 7 , wherein the outer member is distinct from the inner member.

9. The gear pump device according to claim 7 , wherein the annular rubber member is located between an outer peripheral wall of the inner member and an inner peripheral wall of the outer member.

Assignees

• Denso Corp
• Advics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kawabata Tomoaki
• Nakamura Yuki

Classifications

• F04C15/0073

  Couplings between rotors and input or output shafts acting by interengaging or mating parts, i.e. positive coupling of rotor and shaft · CPC title

• F04C2/10

  of internal-axis type with the outer member having more teeth or tooth-equivalents, e.g. rollers, than the inner member · CPC title

• F04C15/0034 Primary

  for other than the working fluid, i.e. the sealing arrangements are not between working chambers of the machine · CPC title

• F04C2/102

  the two members rotating simultaneously around their respective axes · CPC title