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US 12,467,477 B2Granted
Valve-integrated electric water pump
AssigneeCoavis
InventorsHyun Tae Lee, Woo Keun Lee
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Abstract
Provided is a valve-integrated electrical water pump in which an impeller for circulating a coolant to the outside and a valve for selectively opening and closing a plurality of ports inside an integrated housing to control a circulation of a coolant used in electric vehicles, thereby simplifying the overall structure of the pump and simplifying an internal flow path.
Claims6
A valve-integrated electric water pump comprising:
- a valve installed on an inner lower side of an integrated housing and rotating according to an operation of an actuator to selectively open and close a plurality of in-ports;
- a stator positioned on an upper side of the valve;
- an axial support coupled to a lower end of the stator and fitted into an upper end of the valve;
- an impeller rotatably installed on an upper side of the stator and having a plurality of discharge flow paths extending radially outward from a center of the impeller;
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- a rotor protruding from a lower end of the impeller and disposed to penetrate through the stator and having an intake flow path formed vertically through a center of the rotor;
- wherein the plurality of discharge flow paths of the impeller are integrally connected to the intake flow path of the rotor,
- wherein an outlet flow path formed at an upper end of the valve and the intake flow path are connected to allow coolant to flow therethrough, and
- wherein the axial support includes an axial boss and a plurality of inlet flow paths formed around the axial boss, the plurality of inlet flow paths connected to the outlet flow path of the valve and the intake flow path, and an impeller shaft is integrally coupled with the impeller and the rotor, and an upper end of the impeller shaft is rotatably coupled to a housing cover coupled to and installed on an upper end of the integrated housing, and a lower end of the impeller shaft is rotatably coupled to the axial boss.
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