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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2003
Naoya Tanikawa, Nagoya, JP;
Takanao Suzuki, Nothville, MI (US);
Shinichi Takita, Okazaki, JP;
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Toyooki Kogyo Co., Ltd., Okazaki-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
An oil pump for an automatic transmission includes a pump body having a pump chamber, a pump cover disposed so as to oppose to the pump body, an inner rotor disposed in the pump chamber and driven by a driving force from a torque converter and an outer rotor meshed with the inner rotor. The pump body includes a pump suction port, a pump discharge port a first oil, passage for supplying oil from a oil pan to the pump suction port, a second oil passage for returning excess oil of a first regulator to the first oil passage and a third oil passage having an outlet port for returning excess oil of a second regulator to the pump suction port.