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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2005
Applicants:
Hitomi Miyake, Miki, JP;
Ichiro Uemura, Kobe, JP;
Tetsuhiro Yamakawa, Maryvill, MO (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hyogo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04C 18/00 (2006.01); F01C 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An internal gear pump () of the present invention includes an inner rotor () relatively non-rotatably mounted on one end of a pump shaft () driven by a crankshaft (), and an outer rotor () rotatably supported by a crankcase () and meshed with the inner rotor (). The pump shaft () has a flange () formed therein, which flange () is rotatably supported by the crankcase () and covers one end face of each of the inner and outer rotors (and).