1. A feed pump in a motor vehicle having an engine-driven pumping unit, comprising a rotating functional wheel (2) enclosing a hollow space (4) and being operatively connected to a component (1) of the motor vehicle, the pumping unit being accommodated in the hollow space (4) of the component (1), and the functional wheel (2) extending radially around the hollow space (4).
2. The feed pump as claimed in claim 1, wherein the component (1), in which the pumping unit is accommodated, is a bearing journal (6) of the functional wheel (2).
3. The feed pump as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pumping unit is accommodated in a pump housing, and the pump housing forms the bearing journal (6).
4. The feed pump as claimed in claim 1, wherein a drive wheel (11) of the pumping unit and the functional wheel (2) are rotationally coupled via a transmission element (7).
5. The feed pump as claimed in claim 4, wherein the transmission element (7) extends through a wall of the bearing journal (6).
6. The feed pump as claimed in claim 4, wherein the trans-mission element is a shaft (7) extending between the drive wheel (11) of the pumping unit and the functional wheel (2).
7. The feed pump as claimed in claim 6, wherein the drive shaft (7) has a rotational axis (9) which coincides with the rotational axis of the functional wheel (2).
8. The feed pump as claimed in claim 4, wherein an intermediate wheel (8) is connected into the transmission path between the pumping unit and the functional wheel (2).
9. The feed pump as claimed in claim 8, wherein the intermediate wheel (8) is positively coupled to the functional wheel (2).
10. The feed pump as claimed in claim 9, wherein the functional wheel (2) is an outer gear with an internal gear structure and the intermediate wheel (8) is a gear which meshes with the internal gear structure.
11. The feed pump as claimed in claim 8, wherein the intermediate wheel (8) is coupled non-positively to the functional wheel (2).
12. The feed pump as claimed in one of claims 8, wherein the intermediate wheel (8) is mounted eccentrically with respect to the functional wheel (2).
13. The feed pump as claimed in one of claims 8, wherein the shaft (7) of the intermediate wheel (8) is at the same time the shaft of the drive wheel (11) of the pumping unit.
14. The feed pump as claimed in claim 1, wherein a gear pump is disposed within the functional wheel (2).
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. An integrated circuit (IC) comprising;
a first section including a sinking component for sinking a current;
at least one second section including at least one sourcing component configured such that in operation the at least one sourcing component has stored energy; and
a structure configured to provide the stored energy from the at least one sourcing component to the sinking component,
wherein, in operation, the stored energy is utilized by a load component included within the at least one second section.
2. The integrated circuit according to claim 1, wherein the structure has a predetermined resistance.
3. The integrated circuit according to claim 1, wherein the structure is physically located between two sections of the integrated circuit.
4. The integrated circuit according to claim 1, wherein the structure is located in an area that does not overlap with any area of the integrated circuit including components.
5. The integrated circuit according to claim 1, further comprising:
a switch to control operation of the structure.
6. The integrated circuit according to claim 5, wherein the switch is configured to control operation of the structure by controlling providing of the stored energy by the structure.
7. The integrated circuit according to claim 1, wherein the first section and the at least one second section are isolated from one another and serve different functions within the integrated circuit.
8. The integrated circuit according to claim 1, wherein the load component is a switching component in the at least one second section.
9. The integrated circuit according to claim 1, wherein the sinking component is a transistor and the at least one sourcing component is a capacitor.
10. An integrated circuit comprising:
a first section including a sinking means for sinking a current;
at least one second section including at least one sourcing means for controlling stored energy; and
a borrowing means for providing the stored energy from the at least one sourcing means to the sinking means,
wherein, in operation, the stored energy is utilized by a load means included within the at least one second section.
11. The integrated circuit according to claim 10, wherein the borrowing means has a low resistance.
12. The integrated circuit according to claim 10, wherein the borrowing means is located between two sections of the integrated circuit.
13. The integrated circuit according to claim 10, wherein the borrowing means is located in an area of the integrated circuit that does not overlap with any area of the integrated circuit including components.
14. The integrated circuit according to claim 10, further comprising:
a switching means for controlling operation of the borrowing means.
15. The integrated circuit according to claim 14, wherein the switching means controls operation of the borrowing means by controlling the stored energy by the borrowing means.
16. The integrated circuit according to claim 10, wherein the first section and the at least one second section are sufficiently isolated and serve different functions within the integrated circuit.
17. The integrated circuit according to claim 10, wherein the load component is a switching component.