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Abstract

Disclosed is an oil pump including: a pump module provided with a rotary shaft, an inner rotor coupling with the rotary shaft, an outer rotor rotated engaging with the inner rotor, an inlet for sucking fluid, and an outlet for pressing and discharging the sucked fluid; housings supporting the pump module; and a direction switching unit coupled between the housings and the outer rotor to keep an eccentric distance between the rotary shaft or a central axis line of the inner rotor and a central axis line of the outer rotor. According to the disclosure, there is provided an oil pump used for both forward rotation and reverse rotation, which does not require changing a suction area and a discharge area and direction switching is stably performed even when a power source rotates forwardly and reversely.

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