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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2004
Yasunori Mano, Anjo, JP;
Kenji Omote, Anjo, JP;
Kazutoshi Motoike, Toyota, JP;
Masatoshi Adachi, Toyota, JP;
Yasunori Mano, Anjo, JP;
Kenji Omote, Anjo, JP;
Kazutoshi Motoike, Toyota, JP;
Masatoshi Adachi, Toyota, JP;
Aisin AW Co., Ltd., Anjo, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A rotation of an input shaft is accelerated and transmitted to a drive shaft of an oil pump through gears. The oil pump is provided with a lubricant hole and part of the lubricant discharged from a discharge side oil chamber is supplied to a first sliding face of a radial bearing through the lubricant hole. By provision of a cutout portion in an oil sump and a first rib, part of the lubricant supplied from the input shaft to a bearing through a plurality of oil passages and the oil sump is supplied to a second sliding face which rotatably supports a thrust washer.