Jidosha Kiki Co., Ltd.

Shuichirow Tashiro

Sadao Takeshima

Kunio Okada

Kosaku Masuda

In a vane pump of the type comprising a rotor including radially slidable vanes, a cam ring accommodating the rotor, a front body and a rear body secured to both sides of the cam ring for defining pump chambers together with the cam ring, there is provided an intermediate body having an inner opening for accommodating the cam ring. The intermediate body is disposed between the front and rear bodies, and a portion of the inner opening is bulged outwardly to form a fluid passage for conveying operating fluid from the body to the rear.

Vane pumps

In a flow quantity control valve of the type comprising a rod shaped valve moved toward and away from an orifice formed in a fluid passage for controlling flow quantity of an operating fluid supplied to a power steering device of a motor car, for example, and drive means for reciprocating the rod shaped valve with respect to the orifice, there is provided an annular permanent magnet loosely encircling the rod shaped valve and located close to the orifice for attracting and removing magnetic particles contained in the operating fluid where the drive means is constituted by a solenoid coil and a plunger, current supplied to the solenoid coil is adjusted in proportion to a running speed of a motor car.

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Higashimatsuyama, Japan

Shuichirow Tashiro