IMPROVED ADAPTER FOR MECHANICALLY COUPLING A PUMP AND A PRIME MOVER

The disclosure involves a prime mover and a pump-mount adapter mounted thereto. The adapter includes a central housing and a plurality of arms extending radially outwardly from the housing and coupled to the prime mover. Resilient mounts are used for such coupling and a rigid compression limiter pre...

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Main Authors HOENISCH, HERB, KERN, ROBERT, D, RUEHLOW, GERALD, C, SODEMANN, WES
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 22.12.1999
Edition6
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Summary:The disclosure involves a prime mover and a pump-mount adapter mounted thereto. The adapter includes a central housing and a plurality of arms extending radially outwardly from the housing and coupled to the prime mover. Resilient mounts are used for such coupling and a rigid compression limiter prevents such mounts from being compressed to the degree that substantial resiliency is lost. The housing contains a liquid lubricant for lubricating the pump. A resilient seal device is between the housing and the prime mover and retains the lubricant in the housing. And after assembly, the housing is maintaining in a spaced relationship to the prime mover. The new mounting arrangement permits relatively generous manufacturing tolerances while yet permitting the prime mover and adapter-mounted pump to radially and angularly "self-align" during assembly.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP19980908480