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Pump apparatus and method

US7371045B2 · kind B2 · utility

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30Claims
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Filing dateOct 19, 2005
Grant dateMay 13, 2008
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Expiry dateOct 24, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04D13/086
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A pump including a pump housing, a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, a pumping chamber in fluid communication with both the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet, a motor for pumping a working fluid, and a plate that is at least partially constructed of a heat conductive material and that at least partially defines the pumping chamber. The plate can transfer heat from the motor to the working fluid in the pumping chamber.

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