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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2012
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Lee J. Becker, Canton, MI (US);
Charles M. Robeck, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Mark R. Dobson, Howell, MI (US);
Li Liu, Canton, MI (US);
Jason R. Ludwig, Plymouth, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 23/08 (2006.01); F04B 23/14 (2006.01); F04F 5/10 (2006.01); F04F 5/46 (2006.01); F04F 5/54 (2006.01); F16H 57/04 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 23/08 (2013.01); F04B 23/14 (2013.01); F04F 5/10 (2013.01); F04F 5/46 (2013.01); F04F 5/54 (2013.01); F16H 57/0438 (2013.01);
Abstract
A jet pump that supplies fluid to a transmission pump includes a pump inlet, a sump, a fluid source, and a nozzle including an axial passage for carrying fluid from the sump toward the inlet, and a second passage having an arcuate periphery and including an entrance facing a lateral side of the nozzle and connected to the fluid source and an exit communicating with the pump inlet.