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Vacuum pump with control unit

US8651838B2 · kind B2 · utility

7Cited by

22References

14Claims

0Family size

Assignee

PFEIFFER VACUUM · FR

Inventors

Timo Birkenstock · Herborn, DE
Dirk Hopf · Schleusingen, DE
Tobias Stoll · Steffenberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 28, 2007
Grant date	Feb 18, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 2, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF04D29/083
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vacuum pump that includes a housing, a control unit including control elements for controlling electronic and electrical components located in the inner chamber of the housing, and a separation member for separating the inner chamber in which an underpressure prevails, from an environment in which the vacuum pump is located and including a printed circuit board having elements for conducting electrical current and voltage in the inner chamber of the pump housing.

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