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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2023
Triumph Engine Control Systems, Llc, West Hartford, CT (US);
Thomas L. Burnham, East Hartford, CT (US);
William H. Dalton, Hebron, CT (US);
Triumph Engine Control Systems, LLC, West Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
A gear having volume expansion for cavitation reduction in a gear pump mesh. The gear has a gear tooth profile; a body; a plurality of involute gear teeth extending radially outward from the body and including first and second neighboring gear teeth each having a respective tip and a root, the first and second neighboring gear teeth defining a space between them; and a root pocket formed directly into the roots of the gear teeth and in the space between the gear teeth, providing an increased gear root volume and adding trapped fluid compliance while leaving unaltered the gear tooth profile. Also disclosed is a gear pump including the gear.