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Electric pump for vehicle

US8764417B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 24, 2011
Grant dateJul 1, 2014
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Expiry dateFeb 9, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF05D2260/6022
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An electric pump for a vehicle includes a pump body that is divided into a motor room and a pump room, a shaft that is connected to the motor room and the pump room and a sealing unit is interposed therebetween, and an impeller that is mounted on the shaft in the pump room. More specifically, a leachate exhaust passage for exhausting leachate that is leaked through the sealing unit is formed in the pump body, and the leachate exhaust passage is connected to a reaction gas exhaust portion of a fuel cell stack to aide in the exhaust of the leachate accordingly.

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