Roller vane pump

摘要

The invention relates to a roller vane pump for operating an automatic transmission for motor vehicles. The pump is provided with a pump housing (12), a rotor (4), a cam ring (2) and roller elements (7), which define a number of pump chambers (13). Fluid is communicated between a hydraulic channel (24) and a pump chamber (13) through suction ports (11 and 16) and discharge ports (17 and 18). According to the invention the pump is provided with a suction port (26) for allowing a predominantly radial flow of fluid to a pump chamber (13) and/or with a rotor (4) with slots (6) with a circumference (32) which is partly curved with a curvature substantially matching the curvature of the roller elements (7) and/or with a rotor (4) with a circumference segment (30) deviating at least partly from a circle, in order to decrease the amount of wear of pump parts as well as the noise level generated during pumping. <IMAGE> <IMAGE>