1-10. (canceled)
11. An internal gear pump for a brake system, in the pump housing of which an internally toothed internal geared wheel and a pinion, meshing with the toothing of the internal geared wheel are supported rotatably about parallel axes, as a result of which their sets of teeth define a pump chamber which tapers in approximately crescent-shaped form and in which a longitudinally braced filler piece is disposed whose circumferential faces, curved virtually correspondingly to a tip circle of the toothing of the internal geared wheel or of the pinion, rest sealingly on a plurality of tips of teeth covered by the circumferential surfaces, and over a longitudinal region of the filler piece, a radial supporting force for better sealing off of a circumferential face of the filler piece from tips of teeth bracing the circumferential face is operative, wherein between the circumferential faces of the filler piece and opposed tips of teeth of the internal geared wheel and of the pinion, a clearance fit is provided, and wherein the play imposed on the filler piece is eliminated in some regions by supporting forces, acting in opposite radial directions, that at a spacing from one another engage the filler piece.
12. The internal gear pump as defined by claim 11, wherein the filler piece is a two-armed lever, supported in rockerlike fashion in a middle region of the two-armed lever, which has end regions that are forced by tilt shifting of the filler piece between the tips of teeth of the internal geared wheel and of the pinion.
13. The internal gear pump as defined by claim 11, wherein the filler piece is supported rotatably in the pump housing about a pivot shaft.
14. The internal gear pump as defined by claim 12, wherein the filler piece is supported rotatably in the pump housing about a pivot shaft.
15. The internal gear pump as defined by claim 11, wherein the filler piece is embodied mirror-symmetrically with respect to a pivot shaft.
16. The internal gear pump as defined by claim 12, wherein the filler piece is embodied mirror-symmetrically with respect to a pivot shaft.
17. The internal gear pump as defined by claim 13, wherein the filler piece is embodied mirror-symmetrically with respect to the pivot shaft.
18. The internal gear pump as defined by claim 14, wherein the filler piece is embodied mirror-symmetrically with respect to the pivot shaft.
19. The internal gear pump as defined by claim 13, wherein the pivot shaft of the filler piece is disposed centrally in the crescent-shaped pump chamber between the internal geared wheel and the pinion.
20. The internal gear pump as defined by claim 14, wherein the pivot shaft of the filler piece is disposed centrally in the crescent-shaped pump chamber between the internal geared wheel and the pinion.
21. The internal gear pump as defined by claim 17, wherein the pivot shaft of the filler piece is disposed centrally in the crescent-shaped pump chamber between the internal geared wheel and the pinion.
22. The internal gear pump as defined by claim 13, wherein the filler piece is embodied in one piece.
23. The internal gear pump as defined by claim 14, wherein the filler piece is embodied in one piece.
24. The internal gear pump as defined by claim 17, wherein the filler piece is embodied in one piece.
25. The internal gear pump as defined by claim 13, wherein for urging the filler piece to pivot, a pressure difference between the circumferential faces of the lever arm, oriented toward a pressure region, of the filler piece is utilized.
26. The internal gear pump as defined by claim 14, wherein for urging the filler piece to pivot, a pressure difference between the circumferential faces of the lever arm, oriented toward a pressure region, of the filler piece is utilized.
27. The internal gear pump as defined by claim 17, wherein for urging the filler piece to pivot, a pressure difference between the circumferential faces of the lever arm, oriented toward a pressure region, of the filler piece is utilized.
28. The internal gear pump as defined by claim 11, wherein an end of the filler piece oriented toward the pressure region of the internal gear pump has an approximately radially extending face end.
29. The internal gear pump as defined by claim 11, wherein the filler piece extends over approximately half the length of the crescent-shaped intermediate chamber of the internal gear pump.
30. The internal gear pump as defined by claim 11, wherein the internal gear pump is driven directionally reversibly.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A modular track assembly for slidably mounting a track light, said modular track assembly comprising:
a track unit including
a track configured for slidably mounting the track light and having two opposite distal ends,
a circuit board disposed at said track, and having two opposite side portions adjacent to said distal ends of said track, respectively,
a pair of conductive elements disposed at one of said side portions of said circuit board, and
a cap disposed at one of said distal ends which is adjacent to said one of said side portions provided with said conductive elements, and being formed with two holes that allow access to said conductive elements, respectively; and
a connector connected removably to said cap, including two conductive members, and configured to interconnect said track unit of said modular track assembly and said track unit of another modular track assembly, each of said conductive members including two opposite insertion segments, one of said insertion segments being inserted into a respective one of said holes of said cap to connect electrically to a respective one of said conductive elements, the other one of said insertion segments being configured to be inserted into a respective one of said holes of said cap of said another modular track assembly to connect electrically to a respective one of said conductive elements of said another modular track assembly,
wherein said track includes an elongated plate having two opposite longitudinal sides, two extending walls extending perpendicularly and respectively from said longitudinal sides of said elongated plate in a first direction and cooperating with said elongated plate to define a receiving space with two openings disposed respectively at said distal ends of said track, and two engaging walls extending respectively from said longitudinal sides of said elongated plate in a second direction opposite to the first direction, allowing slidable engagement with the track light, and cooperating with said elongated plate to define an accommodating space, and
wherein said circuit board is disposed in said accommodating space, and said cap includes an insertion portion inserted into said receiving space through a corresponding one of said openings.
2. The modular track assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said circuit board of said track unit further includes another pair of said conductive elements disposed at the other one of said side portions, and said track unit further includes another cap that is identical to said cap in structure, that is disposed at the other one of said distal ends, and that is configured to be connected removably to said connector of yet another modular track assembly.
3. The modular track assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said connector further includes a connector main body, said conductive members extend through said connector main body, and said insertion segments of each of said conductive members are opposite to each other with respect to said connector main body.
4. The modular track assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said cap further includes:
a cap main body that is connected to said insertion portion, that covers said corresponding one of said openings, and that is formed with said holes; and
two cap extension portions that extend from said cap main body in the second direction, and that are flush with said engaging walls of said track, respectively, so as to allow slidable engagement with the track light.
5. The modular track assembly as claimed in claim 4, wherein said connector further includes a connector main body, and two connector extension portions extending from said connector main body in the second direction and being flush with said cap extension portions, respectively, so as to allow slidable engagement with the track light, and
wherein said conductive members extend through said connector main body, and said insertion segments of each of said conductive members are opposite to each other with respect to said connector main body.
6. The modular track assembly as claimed in claim 4, wherein said connector further includes a connector main body, said conductive members extend through said connector main body, and said insertion segments of each of said conductive members are opposite to each other with respect to said connector main body, and
wherein said cap is further formed with a cavity in spatial communication with said holes for partly receiving said connector main body.
7. The modular track assembly as claimed in claim 1, further comprising at least one mounting member disposed at said track of said track unit for mounting of said modular track assembly.
8. The modular track assembly as claimed in claim 7, wherein said mounting member includes an engagement block engaging removably between said extending walls, and a pin connected to said engagement block and configured to be inserted into an object.
9. The modular track assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said track unit further includes a pair of fixed electrodes connected electrically and respectively to said conductive elements through said circuit board and configured for electrically interconnecting said circuit board and the track light.
10. The modular track assembly as claimed in claim 9, wherein said fixed electrodes extend along said track.
11. The modular track assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said conductive elements and said conductive members are made of a metal material.
12. The modular track assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of said conductive elements is a leaf spring.