JP2013100755A - Electric pump and method of manufacturing the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electric pump capable of being easily manufactured and achieving reduction in size and weight and in costs, and to provide a method of manufacturing the same.SOLUTION: An electric pump 1 includes a motor part 2 and a pump part 3. The motor part 2 includes a rotary shaft 208. The pump part 3 is actuated by rotation of the rotary shaft 208. The pump part 3 includes: a pump body 303 provided with a recess 301 into which a portion of the motor part 2 is fitted and an housing 302 formed by recessing a bottom part of the recess 301; a gear-type pump actuation part 304 housed in the housing 302 and connected to the rotary shaft 208 inserted into the housing 302 from the recess 301 side; a lid 305 closing an opening of the housing 302 from the recess 301 side; and an elastic body 306 provided between the motor part 2 and the lid 305 and pressing the lid 305 in a direction for closing the opening of the housing 302.

Description

  The present invention relates to an electric pump that sucks and discharges liquid by a driving force of a motor, and a method for manufacturing the electric pump.

  Such electric pumps, for example, have been increasingly used as a technology that is relatively simple and has a large effect of improving fuel consumption and reducing emissions, in recent years, while fuel efficiency improvement and exhaust gas regulations for vehicles and the like have been strengthened. In an idle stop system that stops the engine at a temporary stop or at low speeds and restarts the engine when the vehicle restarts, in order to reduce the start shock immediately after the engine is restarted, pressure is generated in the transmission during the idle stop. Used to fill the transmission and oil.

  Conventionally, a gear-type pump operating part is stored in the storage recess of the pump body, and the opening of the storage recess is closed with the pump cover in this state, and the pump is operated by a motor part arranged on the opposite side of the pump cover from the pump body There is known an electric pump which operates the unit. The rotating shaft of the motor unit reaches the housing recess through a bearing hole that penetrates the pump body, and is connected to the gear of the pump operating unit. The motor unit, the pump body, and the pump cover are integrated with bolts (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  Also, conventionally, in order to prevent the motor from stepping out, a step-out prevention mechanism that recirculates oil from the discharge port to the suction port is provided in the pump cover so that the oil pressure at the discharge port is the oil pressure at the suction port. There is also known an electric pump which is prevented from becoming excessively large. The conventional step-out prevention mechanism has a piston provided with a communication passage for returning oil from the discharge port to the suction port, and a spring that generates an elastic restoring force against the displacement of the piston. When the oil pressure at the discharge port becomes excessively large, the piston is displaced and the communication passage is communicated with the suction port. The oil in the discharge port is returned to the suction port through a communication passage communicating with the suction port (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

Japanese Patent No. 4042050 JP 2006-233867 A

  However, in the conventional electric pump, since the motor part is provided on the side opposite to the pump cover when viewed from the pump body, the rotation of the motor part is performed before the gear of the pump operating part is press-fitted and fixed to the rotating shaft of the motor part. The shaft must be inserted into the bearing hole of the pump body, which complicates the assembly work of the electric pump.

  Further, in the conventional electric pump, since the rotation shaft of the motor unit is passed through the bearing hole penetrating the pump body, a sliding resistance is generated between the rotation shaft of the motor unit and the inner surface of the bearing hole, and the motor unit Will increase the load. As a result, the motor unit becomes larger and the entire electric pump becomes larger. In order to avoid an increase in the size of the motor unit, it is necessary to increase the machining accuracy of the rotary shaft and the bearing hole and manage the clearance between the rotary shaft of the motor unit and the inner surface of the bearing hole within a certain range. Therefore, the cost increases.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and can be easily manufactured, and can be reduced in size, weight, and cost, and manufacturing of the electric pump. The purpose is to obtain a method.

  An electric pump according to the present invention is housed in a housing having a pump body provided with a motor portion having a rotating shaft, a recess into which a part of the motor portion fits, and a housing portion formed by recessing the bottom of the recess. A pump unit that has a gear-type pump operating portion connected to a rotating shaft inserted into the housing portion from the concave portion side, and a lid that closes the opening of the housing portion from the concave portion side, and is operated by the rotation of the rotating shaft. It has.

  The method for manufacturing an electric pump according to the present invention includes a pump operation in which a gear-type pump operating portion is accommodated from the recessed portion side in a housing portion of a pump body provided with a recessed portion and a housing portion formed by recessing the bottom of the recessed portion. After the part housing process and the pump operating part housing process, the opening of the housing part is closed with a lid from the recessed part side, and after the lid placing process, the rotation shaft of the motor part is inserted into the housing part from the recessed part side to operate the pump. And a connecting step of connecting the rotating shaft to the portion and fitting a part of the motor portion into the recess.

  According to the electric pump and the method of manufacturing the electric pump according to the present invention, the electric pump can be easily manufactured, and the electric pump can be reduced in size, weight, and cost.

It is sectional drawing which shows the electric pump by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the flow of the oil in the pump part of FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the state by which the plate was displaced against the pressing force of a disc spring in the pump part of the electric pump by Embodiment 2 of this invention.

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
Embodiment 1 FIG.
1 is a cross-sectional view showing an electric pump according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In the figure, an electric pump 1 includes a motor unit 2, a pump unit 3 provided at one end of the motor unit 2 in the axial direction, and operated by a driving force of the motor unit 2 to suck and discharge oil (liquid); A driver unit 4 is provided at the other axial end of the motor unit 2 and controls the motor unit 2. In this example, the electric pump 1 is a vehicular electric oil pump mounted on a vehicle such as an automobile.

  The motor unit 2 includes a cylindrical stator 201, a rotor 202 provided inside the stator 201 and rotatable with respect to the stator 201, and a resin motor housing 203 that supports the stator 201 and the rotor 202. ing. In this example, the motor unit 2 is a sensorless DC brushless motor.

  The stator 201 includes a cylindrical stator core 204 formed by laminating a plurality of steel plates, a coil support frame 205 provided on the stator core 204, and a stator that is wound around the coil support frame 205 and generates a rotating magnetic field when energized. And a coil 206. The stator coil 206 and the driver unit 4 are electrically connected to each other via a terminal 207. Power supply to the stator coil 206 is performed from the driver unit 4 via the terminal 207.

  The rotor 202 includes a shaft (rotating shaft) 208 disposed coaxially with the stator 201, a cylindrical permanent magnet 209 disposed on the outer periphery of the shaft 208, and a resin magnet holding member that fixes the permanent magnet 209 to the shaft 208. And a body 210. The rotor 202 is integrally formed by injecting resin between the shaft 208 and the permanent magnet 209 to form the magnet holder 210. That is, the rotor 202 is manufactured by integrating the shaft 208 and the permanent magnet 209 by insert molding. In this example, the permanent magnet 209 is a cylindrical bonded magnet.

  In the motor portion 2, the inflow of oil from the pump portion 3 is allowed. Therefore, when the permanent magnet 209 is fixed to the shaft 208 with a normal adhesive, the adhesive deteriorates due to oil, and the permanent magnet 209 is easily peeled off from the shaft 208. On the other hand, in this embodiment, since the shaft 208 and the permanent magnet 209 are integrated by insert molding, the permanent magnet 209 is firmly fixed to the shaft 208, and the permanent magnet 209 is peeled off from the shaft 208. Is prevented.

  The shaft 208 is rotatably supported by the motor housing 203 via a pair of bearings 211 and 212. In this example, of the pair of bearings 211 and 212, one bearing 211 arranged at a position close to the pump unit 3 is a rolling bearing, and the other bearing 212 arranged at a position close to the driver unit 4 is a sliding bearing. It is said that. In addition, the kind of bearing 211,212 is not limited to this. An end of the shaft 208 on the pump unit 3 side protrudes from the motor housing 203 toward the pump unit 3.

  The motor housing 203 is integrated with the stator 201 and the terminal 207 by molding. A sealant 213 for preventing leakage of oil in the motor unit 2 is applied to the boundary between the terminal 207 drawn from the motor housing 203 and the surface of the motor housing 203. Further, the motor housing 203 is formed with a fitting protrusion 203a that swells toward the pump portion 3 while surrounding the shaft 208.

  The pump part 3 is accommodated in the accommodating part 302 and a pump body 303 provided with a concave part 301 having a circular cross section and an accommodating part 302 having a circular cross section formed by recessing a part of the bottom of the concave part 301. Gear-type pump actuating section 304 that sucks and discharges, plate 305 that is a lid that closes the opening of housing 302 from the side of recess 301, and elasticity that presses plate 305 in the direction of closing the opening of housing 302 And a disc spring 306 which is a body.

  A fitting projection 203a (that is, a part of the motor housing 203) is fitted in the recess 301 in a state of fitting a stamp. The recess 301 is disposed coaxially with the shaft 208 in a state where the fitting projection 203 a is fitted in the recess 301. Further, the motor unit 2 and the pump unit 3 are integrated by being fastened to each other by a bolt 501 in a state where the fitting projection 203a is fitted in the recess 301.

  An annular seal member 307 is disposed between the inner peripheral surface of the recess 301 and the outer peripheral surface of the fitting projection 203a. Thus, oil in the pump body 303 is prevented from leaking outside through the gap between the pump body 303 and the motor housing 203.

  The housing 302 is formed by recessing only the inner part of the bottom of the recess 301. Further, the position of the accommodating portion 302 is a position that is eccentric with respect to the concave portion 301. A through hole having an inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of the shaft 208 is provided at the center of each of the disc spring 306 and the plate 305. A shaft 208 that is passed through the through hole of the disc spring 306 and the through hole of the plate 305 in this order is inserted into the housing portion 302 from the concave portion 301 side.

  The pump operating unit 304 housed in the housing part 302 has an annular outer gear 312 with inner teeth provided on the inner peripheral part, and an outer tooth that is disposed inside the outer gear 312 and meshes with the outer gear 312 on the outer peripheral part. And an inner gear 313.

  The inner gear 313 is connected to the end portion of the shaft 208 inserted into the housing portion 302 by fitting. Thereby, the inner gear 313 is rotated integrally with the shaft 208. The outer gear 312 is rotatably disposed along the inner peripheral surface of the housing portion 302. Further, the outer gear 312 is arranged eccentrically with respect to the inner gear 313.

  The outer gear 312 is rotated according to the rotation of the inner gear 313 while meshing with the inner gear 313. Between the inner gear 313 and the outer gear 312, a volume chamber 314 is formed in which the volume changes while moving in the rotation direction as the inner gear 313 and the outer gear 312 rotate.

  Each of the pump body 303 and the plate 305 has a suction chamber 308 communicating with the storage portion 302 along a range where the volume of the volume chamber 314 increases, and a storage portion 302 along a range where the volume of the volume chamber 314 decreases. A discharge chamber 309 that communicates is formed. The pump body 303 is formed with a suction port 310 that allows the suction chamber 308 to communicate with the outside, and a discharge port 311 that allows the discharge chamber 309 to communicate with the outside.

  Here, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing the flow of oil in the pump unit 3 of FIG. When the volume chamber 314 and the suction chamber 308 are in communication with each other, the volume of the volume chamber 314 is increased by the rotation of the inner gear 313 and the outer gear 312, so that the volume chamber 314 is depressurized and oil is sucked into the suction port 310 and the suction port from the outside. It is sucked into the volume chamber 314 through the chamber 308. When the volume chamber 314 and the discharge chamber 309 are in communication with each other, the volume of the volume chamber 314 is reduced by the rotation of the inner gear 313 and the outer gear 312, so that the oil in the volume chamber 314 is pushed out, and the oil The liquid is discharged from the volume chamber 314 to the outside through the discharge port 311.

  The disc spring 306 generates an elastic restoring force that presses the plate 305 in a state where the disc spring 306 is contracted between the plate 305 and the fitting projection 203a. The plate 305 closes the opening of the accommodating portion 302 in a state in which the peripheral portion is pressed against the bottom of the recess 301 by the elastic restoring force of the disc spring 306. In this example, the pressing force of the disc spring 306 against the plate 305 is set sufficiently large so that the plate 305 is not displaced when the pump is operated. That is, the plate 305 receives a load against the pressing force of the disc spring 306 from the accommodating portion 302 side due to, for example, the oil pressure in the accommodating portion 302 or the vibration of the vehicle when the pump is operated. In order for the plate 305 not to be displaced even when a load is received from the portion 302 side, the magnitude of the pressing force of the disc spring 306 against the plate 305 is an assumed upper limit value of the load received by the plate 305 from the storage portion 302 side. Is set to be sufficiently large.

  The outer gear 312 and the inner gear 313 are each between the end surface and the bottom surface of the accommodating portion 302, the outer gear 312 and the inner gear 313 are each end surface and the plate 305, and the inner peripheral surface of the accommodating portion 302 and the outer periphery of the outer gear 312. A minute gap of about several tens of μm exists between each surface.

  The driver unit 4 includes a driver unit substrate 401 on which a plurality of components are mounted, and a driver unit cover 402 that is fixed to the motor housing 203 and covers the driver unit substrate 401. A terminal 207 from the motor unit 2 is connected to the driver unit substrate 401. The driver section substrate 401 controls the current to the stator coil 206 based on a predetermined voltage and an operation command signal received via a connector (not shown).

  Next, the operation will be described. When a predetermined voltage and an operation command signal are sent to the driver unit substrate 401 via the connector, a current controlled by the driver unit substrate 401 flows to the stator coil 206. Thereby, a rotating magnetic field is generated in the stator 201 and the rotor 202 rotates. As a result, the inner gear 313 rotates about the shaft 208, and the outer gear 312 also rotates as the inner gear 313 rotates. At this time, the volume chamber 314 formed between the inner gear 313 and the outer gear 312 moves in the rotational direction of the inner gear 313 and the outer gear 312 while changing its volume.

  When the volume chamber 314 communicates with the suction chamber 308, the volume of the volume chamber 314 increases and the volume chamber 314 is depressurized by the rotation of the inner gear 313 and the outer gear 312. As a result, oil is sucked into the volume chamber 314 from the suction port 310 through the suction chamber 308 (suction operation).

  Thereafter, when the volume chamber 314 communicates with the discharge chamber 309 by the rotation of the inner gear 313 and the outer gear 312, the volume chamber 314 moves in the rotation direction while reducing its volume. Thereby, the oil in the volume chamber 314 is pushed out, and the oil is discharged from the discharge port 311 to the outside through the discharge chamber 309 (discharge operation).

  As described above, in the pump unit 3, the suction operation and the discharge operation are repeated by the rotation of the inner gear 313 and the outer gear 312, whereby the oil is sucked and discharged. Further, in the pump unit 3, the magnitude of the pressing force of the disc spring 306 against the plate 305 is set sufficiently large, so that the plate 305 is displaced by the oil pressure in the storage unit 302 when the pump operating unit 304 is operated. Is prevented, and the state in which the opening of the accommodating portion 302 is closed by the plate 305 is maintained.

  Next, a method for manufacturing the electric pump 1 will be described. The electric pump 1 is manufactured by attaching the motor part 2 to which the driver part 4 is attached to the pump part 3.

  When attaching the motor unit 2 to the pump unit 3, first, the outer gear 312 and the inner gear 313 are inserted into the housing unit 302 of the pump body 303 from the concave portion 301 side. Thereby, the pump operation part 304 is accommodated in the accommodating part 302 (pump action part accommodating process).

  Thereafter, the plate 305 is inserted into the recess 301 from the opening of the recess 301 with the surfaces provided with the suction chamber 308 and the discharge chamber 309 facing the housing portion 302, and the peripheral edge of the plate 305 is placed on the bottom of the recess 301. Thereby, the opening part of the accommodating part 302 is block | closed with the plate 305 from the recessed part 301 side (cover arrangement | positioning process).

  Thereafter, a disc spring 306 inserted into the recess 301 from the opening of the recess 301 is disposed on the plate 305. That is, the disc spring 306 is arranged on the plate 305 from the concave portion 301 side (elastic body arranging step).

  Thereafter, the end portion of the shaft 208 is inserted through the through holes of the disc spring 306 and the plate 305 from the opening portion of the concave portion 301 and inserted into the accommodating portion 302. At this time, the end of the shaft 208 inserted into the housing portion 302 is fitted into the inner gear 313, and the shaft 208 is connected to the inner gear 313. At this time, while the seal member 307 is disposed between the inner peripheral surface of the recess 301 and the outer peripheral surface of the fitting projection 203a, the disc spring 306 is pressed and contracted by the fitting projection 203a of the motor housing 203. The fitting projection 203a is fitted into the recess 301 (connection step).

  Thereafter, the motor housing 203 of the motor unit 2 and the pump body 303 of the pump unit 3 are fastened with a plurality of bolts 501. Thereby, the motor part 2 and the pump part 3 are integrated.

  In such an electric pump 1, a recess 301 and a housing 302 formed by recessing the bottom of the recess 301 are provided in the pump body 303, and a gear type pump operating unit 304 is housed in the housing 302. In addition, a plate 305 that closes the opening of the housing portion 302 and a disc spring 306 that presses the plate 305 are disposed from the concave portion 301 side, and an end portion of the shaft 208 of the motor unit 2 is placed in the concave portion 301 in the housing portion 302. Since it is inserted from the side, the pump operating part 304, the plate 305, the disc spring 306, and the shaft 208 can be inserted into the pump body 303 from a common direction. This eliminates the conventional work of passing the shaft through the bearing hole of the pump body from the opposite side of the pump body gear operating portion assembly direction before connecting the shaft to the pump operating portion. Therefore, the pump unit 3 can be easily assembled, and the electric pump 1 can be easily manufactured. In addition, since the pair of bearings 211 and 212 are provided to rotatably support the shaft 208, it is possible to avoid the occurrence of excessive sliding resistance, and to extremely increase the processing accuracy of the bearing portion, There is no need for precise clearance management, and low sliding resistance can be realized. Thereby, the burden of the motor unit 2 can be reduced, and the motor unit 2 (electric pump 1) can be reduced in size, weight, and cost. Furthermore, since the oil is allowed to enter the motor unit 2, it is not necessary to provide an oil seal on the outer periphery of the shaft 208 to prevent the oil from entering the motor unit 2, and the number of parts can be reduced. In addition, sliding resistance between the oil seal and the shaft 208 can be eliminated. Thereby, the number of parts and the load of the motor unit 2 can be further reduced, and the motor unit 2 (electric pump 1) can be further reduced in size, weight, and cost.

  In addition, since the elastic body that presses the plate 305 is the disc spring 306, the space between the plate 305 and the motor unit 2 can be narrowed. Therefore, the electric pump 1 can be further downsized.

  Further, in such a method of manufacturing the electric pump 1, the pump operating unit 304 is accommodated in the accommodating portion 302 of the pump body 303 from the concave portion 301 side, and then the plate 305 and the disc spring 306 are arranged in the concave portion 301 in this order, and the shaft 208. Is inserted into the accommodating portion 302 from the concave portion 301 side and connected to the pump operating portion 304, and the fitting projection 203 a is fitted into the concave portion 301 while pressing the disc spring 306 by the motor portion 2. 304, the plate 305, the disc spring 306, and the motor unit 2 can be assembled to the pump body 303 from a common direction. Thereby, since the electric pump 1 can be easily assembled and the electric pump 1 can be easily manufactured, an increase in the manufacturing cost of the electric pump 1 can also be suppressed. Moreover, in the electric pump 1 manufactured by such a method, it is not necessary to provide the pump body 303 with a bearing hole through which the shaft 208 is passed, so that the sliding resistance of the shaft 208 can be reduced, and the motor unit 2 The burden can be reduced. Thereby, size reduction and weight reduction of the electric pump 1 can be achieved.

  In the above example, the disc spring 306 is disposed between the plate 305 and the fitting projection 203a. However, the plate 305 and the fitting projection 203a are not limited as long as the plate 305 can be held down. For example, a plate-like spacer or the like may be disposed between the two.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
In the first embodiment, the size of the pressing force of the disc spring 306 against the plate 305 is sufficiently increased so that the plate 305 is not displaced. However, the disc spring 306 has a smaller tolerance than that of the first embodiment. The limit value is set so that the plate 305 is displaced against the pressing force of the disc spring 306 when the load received by the plate 305 from the accommodating portion 302 side becomes larger than the steady operation of the pump portion 3. May be.

  In this example, the magnitude of the pressing force of the disc spring 306 against the plate 305 is determined in advance to the magnitude P of the load (steady-state load) that the plate 305 receives from the accommodating portion 302 side during the steady operation of the pump portion 3. The allowable limit value (P + α) obtained by adding the margin α is set. As an allowable limit value of the disc spring 306, for example, a value that is 2 to 3 times the magnitude P of the steady-state load that the plate 305 receives from the accommodating portion 302 side can be cited. Other configurations and manufacturing methods are the same as those in the first embodiment.

  Next, the operation will be described. During the steady operation of the pump unit 3, the state in which the plate 305 blocks the opening of the housing unit 302 is maintained, so that the same operation as in the first embodiment is performed.

  For example, when the pressure of the oil in the discharge chamber 309 increases and the load received by the plate 305 from the storage unit 302 side exceeds the allowable limit value, the plate 305 counteracts the pressing force of the disc spring 306 and It is displaced in the direction of opening the opening.

  FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing a state in which the plate 305 is displaced against the pressing force of the disc spring 306 in the pump unit 3 of the electric pump according to the second embodiment of the present invention. When the plate 305 is displaced against the pressing force of the disc spring 306, a gap between the pump operating unit 304 and the plate 305 in the accommodating unit 302 is widened, and a discharge chamber is provided between the pump operating unit 304 and the plate 305. A passage that connects 309 and the suction chamber 308 is formed. As a result, as indicated by an arrow A in FIG. 3, the oil is recirculated from the high pressure discharge chamber 309 to the low pressure suction chamber 308 through the passage formed between the pump operating unit 304 and the plate 305 (reflux). Operation). This prevents the oil pressure in the discharge chamber 309 from increasing abnormally and prevents the motor unit 2 from stepping out.

  In such an electric pump, the pressure of the disc spring 306 against the plate 305 is obtained by adding a predetermined margin α to the magnitude P of the steady-state load that the plate 305 receives from the housing portion 302 side. For example, when the oil pressure in the discharge chamber 309 increases and the magnitude of the load received by the plate 305 from the storage portion 302 exceeds the allowable limit value, the allowable limit value (P + α) is set. By displacing the plate 305 against the pressing force of the disc spring 306, a passage through which oil passes can be formed between the plate 305 and the pump operating unit 304. Therefore, oil can be recirculated from the discharge chamber 309 to the suction chamber 308, and the oil pressure in the discharge chamber 309 can be prevented from becoming abnormally large. Thereby, generation | occurrence | production of the step-out of the motor part 2 can be prevented. That is, the step-out prevention function can be given to the electric pump with a simple configuration without adding a complicated step-out prevention mechanism as in the prior art. Thereby, in addition to aiming at size reduction, weight reduction, and cost reduction of an electric pump, an electric pump can be given a step-out prevention function.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
In the first and second embodiments, the opening of the housing portion 302 is closed by the plate 305 pressed by the disc spring 306, but the opening of the housing portion 302 is blocked by the plate 305 press-fitted and fixed in the recess 301. You may make it close.

  That is, in this embodiment, the plate 305 is inserted into the recess 301 from the opening of the recess 301 while receiving resistance from the inner periphery of the recess 301 on the outer periphery. That is, the plate 305 is press-fitted into the recess 301. The plate 305 is fixed in the recess 301 in a state where the resistance of the inner peripheral surface of the recess 301 is received. The disc spring 306 is not disposed in the gap between the plate 305 and the fitting projection 203a.

  The electric pump according to the present embodiment is manufactured in the same procedure as in the first embodiment except that the contents of the lid arranging step are different and there is no elastic body arranging step. In the lid disposing step of the present embodiment, a plate 305 that is dimensioned to fit into the inner peripheral surface of the recess 301 without a gap is pressed into the recess 301 from the opening of the recess 301 until it hits the bottom of the recess 301. As a result, the plate 305 is fixed in the recess 301, and the opening of the accommodating portion 302 is closed by the plate 305 from the recess 301 side.

  Thus, if the plate 305 is press-fitted and fixed in the recess 301, the disc spring 306 can be eliminated, the number of parts can be reduced, and the disc spring is disposed in the first and second embodiments. The space between 305 and the fitting projection 203a of the motor housing 203 can be reduced. As a result, the electric pump can be further reduced in size, weight, and cost. Moreover, since the elastic body arrangement | positioning process which arrange | positions the disc spring 306 in the recessed part 301 can be eliminated, the manufacturing process of an electric pump can be simplified and an electric pump can be manufactured easily.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, the pump operating unit 304 accommodated in the accommodating unit 302 is disposed inside the outer gear 312 and the annular outer gear 312 having inner teeth provided on the inner periphery thereof. The gear-type pump operating portion has an outer gear meshing with teeth and an inner gear 313 provided on the outer peripheral portion, but has a pair of gears provided with outer teeth on the outer peripheral portion. A gear-type pump operating section in which teeth are meshed with each other and gears are arranged may be used as the pump operating section 304 accommodated in the accommodating section 302.

  In each of the above embodiments, the plate 305 is used as a lid that closes the opening of the housing portion 302. However, for example, a block or the like may be used as a lid that closes the opening of the housing portion 302.

  In the first and second embodiments, the elastic body that presses the plate (lid) 305 is the disc spring 306. However, the elastic body that presses the plate 305 is, for example, a coil spring. Also good.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Electric pump, 2 motor part, 3 pump part, 208 shaft (rotating shaft), 301 recessed part, 302 accommodating part, 303 pump body, 304 pump action | operation part, 305 plate (lid), 306 disc spring (elastic body).

Claims (7)

A motor body having a rotating shaft; a pump body provided with a recess into which a part of the motor unit fits; and a housing part formed by recessing the bottom of the recess; A gear-type pump actuating portion connected to the rotating shaft inserted into the accommodating portion, and a lid that closes the opening of the accommodating portion from the concave portion side, and is actuated by rotation of the rotating shaft. An electric pump comprising a pump unit.   The said pump part is further provided between the said motor part and the said lid | cover, It further has an elastic body which presses the said lid | cover in the direction which closes the opening part of the said accommodating part. The electric pump described.   The electric pump according to claim 2, wherein the elastic body is a disc spring.   The magnitude of the pressing force of the elastic body is an allowable limit value obtained by adding a predetermined margin to the magnitude of the load that the lid receives from the housing part side during the steady operation of the pump part. The electric pump according to claim 2 or claim 3, wherein   The electric pump according to claim 1, wherein the lid is press-fitted and fixed in the recess. A pump actuating part accommodating step of accommodating a gear type pump actuating part from the recessed part side in the accommodating part of the pump body provided with a recessed part and an accommodating part formed by recessing the bottom part of the recessed part;
After the pump actuating part accommodating step, a lid arranging step for closing the opening of the accommodating part with the lid from the concave side, and after the lid arranging step, the rotating shaft of the motor part is inserted into the accommodating part from the concave side, A method for manufacturing an electric pump, comprising: a step of connecting the rotating shaft to the pump operating unit and fitting a part of the motor unit into the recess. After the lid placement step and before the connection step, an elastic body placement step of placing an elastic body on the lid from the concave portion side,
The method of manufacturing an electric pump according to claim 6, wherein in the connecting step, a part of the motor part is fitted into the concave part while pressing the elastic body with the motor part.

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