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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2003
Francis Maria Antonius van der Sluis, Sint Michielstestel, NL;
Johannes Gerardus Ludovicus Maria van Spijk, Drunen, NL;
Van Doorne's Transmissie B.V., Tilburg, NL;
Abstract
Roller vane pump, in particular suited for pumping fluid in a continuously variable automatic transmission of a motor vehicle, provided with a pump housing accommodating a substantially cylindrical carrier, which is rotatable about a central axis, and a cam ring encompassing the carrier in the radial direction, whereby a radial clearance between the carrier and the cam ring varies along a circumference of the carrier, and with a pump shaft extending co-axial with said central axis through the carrier, characterised in that there is provided in the pump housing a bearing bush having an essentially cylindrical central bore through which the pump shaft extends.