# US 11,905,971 B2 · Water pump with coolant flow path

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- Number: US 11,905,971 B2
- Document ID: US11905971B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/181,735
- Filed: 2023-03-10
- Published: 2024-01-18
- Granted: 2024-02-20
- Earliest claimed: 2022-07-18
- Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Corporation
- Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Corporation
- Inventors: Young June Oh
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11905971B2

## CPC

- F04D 3/005: {with a conventional single stage rotor}
- F04D 29/586: {specially adapted for liquid pumps}
- F04D 3/00: Axial-flow pumps (priming or boosting F04D9/00)
- F04D 13/0606: {Canned motor pumps}
- F04D 29/046: Bearings
- F04D 29/406: {especially adapted for liquid pumps}
- F04D 29/548: {Specially adapted for liquid pumps (F04D29/56 takes precedence)}
- F04D 29/5806: {Cooling the drive system}
- F04D: NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; ion pumps H01J41/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K44/02)

## Abstract

A water pump having a coolant flow path includes a stator disposed in a housing, a rotor surrounded by the stator, a shaft disposed in a flow path of the rotor, a first blade connected to the shaft, a first pipe spaced apart from an inner wall of the rotor defining the flow path to define a coolant inlet, a second pipe spaced apart from the inner wall to define a coolant outlet, and a second blade connected to the shaft and disposed in the first pipe or the second pipe.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A water pump comprising:
a housing;
a stator disposed in the housing;
a rotor surrounded by the stator, configured to receive a magnetic body, and defining a flow path;
a shaft disposed in the flow path;
a first blade connected to the shaft;
a first pipe spaced apart from an inner wall of the rotor and extending in a direction in which the inner wall extends to define an inlet through which coolant flows;
a second pipe spaced apart from the inner wall of the rotor and extending in a direction in which the inner wall extends to define an outlet through which the coolant flows; and
a second blade connected to the shaft and disposed in the first pipe or the second pipe.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The water pump of claim 1, wherein the first pipe and the second pipe have a same diameter, and a center of each of the first pipe and the second pipe is coaxial with the shaft.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The water pump of claim 1, wherein an inner diameter of the second pipe is smaller than an inner diameter of the first pipe.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The water pump of claim 3, wherein:
an inner diameter of the rotor decreases in a direction from the first pipe toward the second pipe,
the inner diameter of the first pipe is equal to an inner diameter of a first portion of the rotor,
the inner diameter of the second pipe is equal to the inner diameter of a second portion of the rotor.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The water pump of claim 1, wherein the second blade defines a recess configured to receive the shaft, and
wherein the shaft is connected to the second blade through a bearing inserted in the recess.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The water pump of claim 5, wherein the bearing is an underwater bearing disposed in the flow path.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The water pump of claim 6, wherein the second blade is coupled to the first pipe and the second pipe, and the second blade includes a plurality of blade parts extending in a direction in which the shaft extends.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The water pump of claim 7, wherein the shaft is configured to rotate with respect to the second blade.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The water pump of claim 1, wherein the first blade defines a through hole configured to receive the shaft.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The water pump of claim 1, wherein the first blade is disposed inside the flow path, and the first blade is provided in plurality.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The water pump of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of sealing parts that are respectively provided at both ends of the magnetic body in the direction in which the shaft extends and that seal a first gap between the inner wall of the rotor and the first pipe and a second gap between the inner wall of the rotor and the second pipe.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The water pump of claim 1, further comprising a sealing wall disposed between the stator and the rotor, configured to block an inflow of the coolant, and contacting the housing to separate the stator from the rotor.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The water pump of claim 12, further comprising a sealing part disposed between the sealing wall and the housing.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The water pump of claim 1, wherein the first pipe and the second pipe are coupled to the housing.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The water pump of claim 1, wherein the inner wall of the rotor defining the flow path is spaced apart from the first pipe and the second pipe so that the coolant flows through a first gap between the first pipe and the inner wall and a second gap between the second pipe and the inner wall.

### Claim 16 (depends on 1)

The water pump of claim 1, wherein the second blade is connected to at least one of the first pipe or the second pipe through a fixing member, and a position of the second blade is fixed in the first pipe or the second pipe.