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Internal combustion engine with liquid coolant pump

US6732680B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJan 31, 2003
Grant dateMay 11, 2004
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Expiry dateJan 31, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04D29/548
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An internal combustion engine includes a coolant pump having an axially directed rotary pumping element which is functionally housed between upstream and downstream stators which function to straighten the flow and recover fluid velocity, both before and after work has been performed on the fluid by the rotary pumping element.

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