Variable-Capacity Oil Pump and Oil Supply System Using Same

摘要

Provided is a variable-capacity oil pump capable of stably securing a required pump discharge volume and discharge pressure even with a clogged oil filter and/or an electromagnetic valve failed. The oil pump is provided with a first control chamber for applying a force under oil pressure from a main oil gallery in a direction for decreasing of the eccentricity of a cam ring, a second control chamber for applying a force under oil pressure from the oil gallery in cooperation with a spring force in a direction for increasing of the cam-ring eccentricity, a first branch flow path that connects the oil gallery and the first control chamber, and a second branch flow path branched from the first branch flow path and communicating with the second control chamber via the electromagnetic valve. Two oil filters are disposed in the oil gallery and the first branch flow path, respectively.

主权项

1. A variable-capacity oil pump for discharging oil into a main oil gallery comprising:
a rotor rotationally driven by an internal combustion engine; a plurality of vanes retractably located in an outer periphery of the rotor; a cam ring configured to house the rotor and the vanes on an inner peripheral side to define a plurality of operating oil chambers, and change an eccentricity of a center of an inner peripheral surface of the cam ring from a rotation center of the rotor by a displacement of the cam ring; a suction part configured to open into the operating oil chambers whose volumes increase when the cam ring has been displaced with respect to the rotation center of the rotor; a discharge part configured to open into the operating oil chambers whose volumes decrease when the cam ring has been displaced with respect to the rotation center of the rotor; a biasing mechanism configured to bias the cam ring in a direction in which the eccentricity of the cam ring with respect to the rotation center of the rotor increases; a first control chamber defined on an outer peripheral side of the cam ring and configured to apply a force, caused by introduction of oil pressure from the main oil gallery into the first control chamber, to the cam ring in a direction in which the eccentricity of the cam ring with respect to the rotor decreases; a second control chamber defined on the outer peripheral side of the cam ring and configured to apply a force, caused by introduction of the oil pressure from the main oil gallery into the second control chamber and by a pressure-receiving area set less than the first control chamber, to the cam ring in the direction in which the eccentricity of the cam ring with respect to the rotor increases; an electromagnetic valve configured to establish fluid-communication between the second control chamber and the main oil gallery in a de-energized state, and establish fluid-communication between the second control chamber and a low-pressure part in an energized state; a first control chamber flow path configured to connect a branch flow path branched from the main oil gallery and the first control chamber; a second control chamber flow path branched from the first control chamber flow path and configured to communicate with the second control chamber via the electromagnetic valve; and an oil filter disposed between a junction of the branch flow path to the main oil gallery and a branch part of the second control chamber flow path branched from the first control chamber flow path.