Electric water pump
Granted 13 Jan 2015 · 10 office actions
Current assignee: Hyundai · originally Amotech Co., Ltd.
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Inventors: Seung Yong Lee, Kyung-Hwan Kim, Gyuhwan Kim, Tae-Sung Oh +5 · Examiner: Charles Freay · AU 3746 · TC 3700
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An electric water pump apparatus may include a body having a stator chamber and a rotor chamber therein, a stator having a hollow cylindrical shape and being disposed in the stator chamber and generating a magnetic field, wherein the stator fluidly insulates the stator chamber and the rotor chamber, a rotor disposed in the rotor chamber and enclosed by the stator, wherein the rotor is rotated by the magnetic field, and a pump cover connected to the body and forming a volute chamber therein, wherein the volute chamber and the rotor chamber are fluidly-communicated through a connecting hole formed to the body and a coolant is supplied to the rotor chamber through the connection hole, wherein the stator includes a stator groove formed in an inner circumference therein and the stator groove is fluid-connected to the rotor chamber and the volute chamber through the connection hole.
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| Type | Document | Date |
|---|---|---|
| related publication | US 20110116952 A1 | 19 May 2011 |
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