Patent ID: 9334862
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: F04B,F04C

Claim Text:
1. An electric oil pump that includes: an oil pump; an electric motor that is axially spaced apart from the oil pump and that shares a rotary shaft with the oil pump, wherein a housing of the oil pump and a stator of the electric motor are fastened to each other with a screw inserted in an insertion hole formed in a resin member arranged between the oil pump and the electric motor, wherein the housing of the oil pump and the resin member are fixed to each other with a circumferential gap formed between them, wherein the circumferential gap extends axially from an axial end face of the housing of the oil pump; a coil wound at a stator core of the electric motor and a wire connection member connected to the coil being integrally molded to the resin member; and a retaining member that restricts fastening force between the housing of the oil pump and the stator of the electric motor and that is inserted in a through-hole formed in the resin member, wherein the through-hole formed in the resin member is separate from the insertion hole formed in the resin member that receives the screw, and wherein both the insertion hole and the through-hole are formed next to each other in the resin member such that both the retaining member and the screw when inserted into the resin member are positioned next to each other.