Back to results
US 12,624,653 B2Granted
Vehicle pump assembly and off-road vehicle
AssigneeKawasaki Motors, Ltd.
InventorsSho Kagami, Atsushi Tajima, Yoshihiko Inagaki
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A vehicle pump assembly 13 includes a pump 30 having a mechanical seal 35 sealing a cooling medium and a drain hose 50 attached to the pump 30. The pump 30 includes an introduction chamber 40 separated by the mechanical seal 35 and configured such that the cooling medium having leaked from the mechanical seal 35 is introduced thereinto, and the drain hose 50 communicates with the introduction chamber 40. The internal volume of the drain hose 50 is three times the volume of the introduction chamber 40 or more.
Claims11
A vehicle pump assembly comprising:
- a pump having a mechanical seal sealing a cooling medium;
- and
- a drain hose attached to the pump,
- wherein the pump includes an introduction chamber separated by the mechanical seal and configured such that the cooling medium having leaked from the mechanical seal is introduced thereinto, and the drain hose communicates with the introduction chamber, and
- an internal volume of the drain hose is three times a volume of the introduction chamber or more.
2 more elements
An off-road vehicle comprising:
- an engine;
- and
- a vehicle pump assembly that supplies a cooling medium to the engine,
- wherein the vehicle pump assembly includes
- a pump having a mechanical seal sealing the cooling medium and attached to the engine, and
- a drain hose attached to the pump,
- the pump includes an introduction chamber separated by the mechanical seal and configured such that the cooling medium having leaked from the mechanical seal is introduced thereinto, and the drain hose communicates with the introduction chamber, and
- an internal volume of the drain hose is three times a volume of the introduction chamber or more.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.