# US 12,006,948 B2 · Pump device and cooling device

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- Number: US 12,006,948 B2
- Document ID: US12006948B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/589,921
- Filed: 2022-02-01
- Published: 2022-08-04
- Granted: 2024-06-11
- Earliest claimed: 2021-02-03
- Assignees: Nidec Corporation
- Applicants: Nidec Corporation
- Inventors: Yoshihisa Kitamura; Toshihiko Tokeshi; Takehito Tamaoka; Takaya Okuno
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12006948B2

## CPC

- F04D 29/426: {especially adapted for liquid pumps}
- F04D 1/06: Multi-stage pumps (F04D1/02, F04D13/10 take precedence)
- F04D 13/06: the pump being electrically driven
- F04D 13/14: the pumps being all of centrifugal type {(deviation valves F04D15/0016)}
- F04D 29/4293: {Details of fluid inlet or outlet}
- F04D 29/586: {specially adapted for liquid pumps}
- F04D: NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; ion pumps H01J41/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K44/02)

## Abstract

A pump device includes a first pump, a second pump, and a casing. The first pump and the second pump are centrifugal pumps. The casing includes a first pump chamber in which the first pump is located and a second pump chamber in which the second pump is located. The first pump chamber includes a first bottom surface, a first side surface, a first inlet, and a first outlet. The first bottom surface is located on one side in the first direction with respect to a first motor of the first pump. The first side surface is connected to the first bottom surface and extends in the first direction. The first outlet is open with respect to the first side surface. The second pump chamber includes a second bottom surface, a second side surface, a second inlet, and a second outlet.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A cooling device comprising:
a first pump;
a second pump;
a casing in which the first pump and the second pump are located;
a cold plate; and
a heat exchange chamber; wherein
the first pump and the second pump are centrifugal pumps;
the first pump includes a first motor;
the second pump includes a second motor;
the casing includes a casing main body, a partition, a first pump chamber in which the first pump is located, and a second pump chamber in which the second pump is located;
the first pump and the second pump are in the casing main body;
the first pump chamber includes a first bottom surface that is located on one side in a first direction with respect to the first motor, a first side surface that is connected to the first bottom surface and extends in the first direction, a first inlet that is open with respect to the first bottom surface, and a first outlet that is open with respect to the first side surface;
the second pump chamber includes a second bottom surface that is located on one side in the first direction with respect to the second motor, a second side surface that is connected to the second bottom surface and extends in the first direction, a second inlet that is open with respect to the second bottom surface, and a second outlet that is open with respect to the second side surface;
the second bottom surface is located at a different position in the first direction relative to the first bottom surface such that the first bottom surface and the second bottom surface do not overlap one another when viewed along a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction;
the casing further includes a first flow path that connects the first outlet and the second inlet, and a second flow path;
the partition includes a first partition and a second partition;
the first partition and the casing main body define the first flow path;
the second partition and the casing main body define the second flow path;
the second partition and the cold plate define the heat exchange chamber;
the second partition includes a heat exchange chamber connection port that connects the second flow path and the heat exchange chamber;
the first flow path and the heat exchange chamber connection port overlap each other when viewed from the first direction;
the casing includes a third inlet and a third outlet;
at least a portion of the second flow path is on another side in the first direction relative to the second dump chamber; and
a liquid passes through in an order of the third inlet, the second flow path, the heat exchange chamber connection port, the heat exchange chamber, the first inlet, the first pump chamber, the first outlet, the first flow path, the second inlet, the second pump chamber, the second outlet, and the third outlet.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The cooling device according to claim 1, wherein the first flow path extends tangentially from the first side surface and is connected to the second inlet.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The cooling device according to claim 2, wherein
the second motor includes a stator and a rotor;
the casing includes a support shaft portion that supports the rotor and a connection flow path that extends in the first direction along the support shaft portion; and
the connection flow path is connected to the first flow path and connected to the second inlet of the second pump chamber.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The cooling device according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the second flow path is on one side in the first direction relative to the second bottom surface of the second pump chamber.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The cooling device according to claim 1, wherein
the first direction is a vertical direction and the second direction is a horizontal direction.

### Claim 6

A cooling device comprising:
a first pump;
a second pump;
a casing in which the first pump and the second pump are disposed;
a cold plate; and
a heat exchange chamber; wherein
the first pump and the second pump are centrifugal pumps;
the first pump includes a first motor;
the second pump includes a second motor;
the casing includes a first pump chamber in which the first pump is located and a second pump chamber in which the second pump is located;
the first pump chamber includes a first bottom surface that is located on one side in a first direction with respect to the first motor, a first side surface that is connected to the first bottom surface and extends in the first direction, a first inlet that is opening with respect to the first bottom surface, and a first outlet that is opening with respect to the first side surface;
the second pump chamber includes a second bottom surface that is located on one side in the first direction with respect to the second motor, a second side surface that is connected to the second bottom surface and extends in the first direction, a second inlet that is opening with respect to the second bottom surface, and a second outlet that is opening with respect to the second side surface;
the casing further includes a first flow path that connects the first outlet and the second inlet, and a second flow path; the second bottom surface is located at a different position in the first direction relative to the first bottom surface such that the first bottom surface and the second bottom surface do not overlap one another when viewed along a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction;
a partition and a casing main body define the first flow path and the second flow path;
the partition includes a heat exchange chamber connection port that connects the second flow path and the heat exchange chamber;
the first flow path and the heat exchange chamber connection port are separated from each other when viewed from the first direction;
the partition partitions the first flow path and the heat exchange chamber;
the casing includes a third inlet and a third outlet;
at least a portion of the second flow path is on another side in the first direction relative to the second pump chamber; and
a liquid passes through in an order of the third inlet, the second flow path, the heat exchange chamber connection port, the heat exchange chamber, the first inlet, the first pump chamber, the first outlet, the first flow path, the second inlet, the second pump chamber, the second outlet, and the third outlet.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The cooling device according to claim 6, wherein the first flow path extends tangentially from the first side surface and is connected to the second inlet.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The cooling device according to claim 7, wherein
the second motor includes a stator and a rotor;
the casing includes a support shaft portion that supports the rotor and a connection flow path that extends in the first direction along the support shaft portion; and
the connection flow path is connected to the first flow path and connected to the second outlet of the second pump chamber.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The cooling device according to claim 8, wherein at least a portion of the second flow path is on one side in the first direction relative to the second bottom surface of the second pump chamber.

### Claim 10 (depends on 6)

The cooling device according to claim 6, wherein
the first direction is a vertical direction and the second direction is a horizontal direction.