Electrically driven pump

• US 10,323,654 B2
• Filed: 03/17/2016
• Issued: 06/18/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zhejiang Sanhua Automotive Components Company Limited (Sanhua Holding Group Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Zhejiang Sanhua Automotive Components Company Limited (Sanhua Holding Group Company Limited)
• Inventors: Zhang, Rongrong, Bao, Junfeng, Shi, Chuliang, Song, Hongmin, Zhang, Junchao, Zhang, Jun
• Primary Examiner(s): Hamo, Patrick
• Assistant Examiner(s): Herrmann, Joseph S.
• Application Number:
  US15/073,547
• Publication Number:
  US 20160281718A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,188 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 1/00 Radial-flow pumps, e.g. centrifugal pumps; Helico-centrifugal pumps adapted for pumping specific fluids F04D7/00; priming or boosting F04D9/00
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 13/0646 the hollow pump or motor shaft being the conduit for the working fluid
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 13/0693 Details or arrangements of the wiring
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/426 especially adapted for liquid pumps
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/5806 Cooling the drive system
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/5813 Cooling the control unit
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/588 cooling or heating the machine F04D29/5886, F04D29/5893 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/5893 heat insulation or conduction

Abstract

An electrically driven pump includes a first housing and a second housing, and the first housing and the second housing are fixed to form an impeller chamber for receiving an impeller. The second housing and a rear housing are fixed to form a first receiving chamber for receiving a motor assembly; and the motor assembly includes a stator and a rotor, the rotor is arranged in an inner cavity enclosed by the stator, and the rotor drives the impeller to rotate. An electronic control unit is cooperated with the motor assembly, and the electronic control unit controls the operation of the motor assembly. The electrically driven pump includes a cooling passage for accommodating a working medium, and the working medium in the cooling passage may exchange heat with the electronic control unit, thereby facilitating improving the service life of the electrically driven pump.

Claims

1. An electrically driven pump, comprising a first housing, a second housing, an impeller, a rear housing, a shaft, a motor assembly and an electronic control unit, wherein the electrically driven pump comprises a first receiving chamber and an impeller chamber, the impeller or at least part of the impeller is arranged in the impeller chamber, and the impeller chamber comprises a space between the first housing and the second housing;

the motor assembly is arranged in the first receiving chamber, and the first receiving chamber comprises a space between the second housing and the rear housing;

the motor assembly comprises a stator and a rotor, and the rotor is configured to drive the impeller to rotate;

wherein the electrically driven pump further comprises a first partition, and the first partition separates the first receiving chamber into a stator chamber and a rotor chamber, the rotor chamber is arranged to be closer to a center of the electrically driven pump than the stator chamber, and the stator chamber is not in communication with the impeller chamber, the rotor chamber is in direct or indirect communication with the impeller chamber, and the stator is arranged in the stator chamber, and the rotor is arranged in the rotor chamber;

the electronic control unit is configured to control an operation of the motor assembly, and the electronic control unit is electrically connected to the stator;

the electrically driven pump further comprises a cooling passage, and the cooling passage is in communication with the impeller chamber, the cooling passage comprises a first open portion and a second open portion, and the first open portion and the second open portion are located at different positions in a radial direction of the impeller chamber, the cooling passage is in communication with the impeller chamber via the first open portion and the second open portion, the first open portion is arranged away from a center of the impeller chamber in the radial direction than the second open portion, and at least part of a wall of the cooling passage is in direct or indirect contact with the electronic control unit;

wherein the cooling passage comprises a first passage, a second passage, and a third passage, the first passage is in communication with the impeller chamber via the first open portion, the second passage is in communication with the impeller chamber via the second open portion, the first passage is in communication with the second passage via the third passage, and at least part of a wall of the third passage is in direct or indirect contact with at least part of the electronic control unit; and

the second housing comprises a top portion and a side wall, an inner cavity of the second housing comprises a space enclosed by the top portion and the side wall, the second housing is provided with at least one protruding rib formed from the side wall to the inner cavity, a groove corresponding to the at least one protruding rib is formed in an outer circumference of the stator, and the first passage comprises a passage formed in the at least one protruding rib.

2. The electrically driven pump according to claim 1, wherein the second passage comprises an axial passage formed in the shaft, and the axial passage has one end in communication with a relative central area of the impeller chamber and another end in communication with the third passage.

3. The electrically driven pump according to claim 2, further comprising an end cover and a second receiving chamber, wherein the electronic control unit is arranged in the second receiving chamber, the second receiving chamber comprises a space between the rear housing and the end cover;

the first receiving chamber is located between the second receiving chamber and the impeller chamber in an axial direction of the electrically driven pump, and the electrically driven pump further comprises a second partition, and the third passage comprises a relatively sealed passage formed between the second partition and the rear housing, an upper surface of the second partition forms a side wall of the third passage, and a lower surface of the second partition is in direct contact with a circuit board of the electronic control unit or is in indirect contact with the circuit board of the electronic control unit by a thermal conductive material.

4. The electrically driven pump according to claim 2, wherein the first passage is in communication with the third passage via a first communication part, and the first communication part comprises a communication hole arranged in the rear housing;

the second passage is in communication with the third passage via a second communication part, and the second communication part comprises a bearing mounting seat arranged on an upper surface of the rear housing, a buffer cavity includes a space enclosed by the bearing mounting seat, and an auxiliary hole is provided to extend through the upper surface and the lower surface of the rear housing, the buffer cavity is in communication with the third passage via the auxiliary hole, and the buffer cavity is in communication with the axial passage of the shaft.

5. The electrically driven pump according to claim 2, wherein a number of the at least one protruding rib is one rib or more than two ribs, and at least one protruding rib, is provided with the passage, is arranged close to an outlet of the impeller chamber, the third passage comprises an inlet and an outlet, and the inlet of the third passage is arranged close to the first passage, and the outlet of the third passage is arranged close to the second passage, at least power elements of an electrical control board are arranged close to a connecting line between the inlet and the outlet of the third passage, or close to an area near the connecting line between the inlet and the outlet of the third passage.

6. The electrically driven pump according to claim 5, wherein the first passage comprises a passage extending through an upper surface and a lower surface of the at least one protruding rib;

and the axial passage extends through an upper end surface and a lower end surface of the shaft.

7. The electrically driven pump according to claim 1, further comprising an end cover and a second receiving chamber, wherein the electronic control unit is arranged in the second receiving chamber, the second receiving chamber comprises a space between the rear housing and the end cover;

the first receiving chamber is located between the second receiving chamber and the impeller chamber in an axial direction of the electrically driven pump, and the electrically driven pump further comprises a second partition, and the third passage comprises a relatively sealed passage formed between the second partition and the rear housing, an upper surface of the second partition forms a side wall of the third passage, and a lower surface of the second partition is in direct contact with a circuit board of the electronic control unit or is in indirect contact with the circuit board of the electronic control unit by a thermal conductive material.

8. The electrically driven pump according to claim 1, further comprising an end cover and a second receiving chamber, wherein the electronic control unit is arranged in the second receiving chamber, the second receiving chamber comprises a space between the rear housing and the end cover;

the first receiving chamber is located between the second receiving chamber and the impeller chamber in an axial direction of the electrically driven pump, and the third passage comprises a passage formed inside the rear housing, the electrically driven pump comprises a second partition, and a main body of the second partition is made of metal material, an upper surface of the second partition is in direct contact with a part, provided with the third passage, of the rear housing, and a lower surface of the second partition is in direct contact with a circuit board of the electronic control unit or is in indirect contact with the circuit board of the electronic control unit by a thermal conductive material.

9. The electrically driven pump according to claim 1, further comprising an end cover and a second receiving chamber, wherein the electronic control unit is arranged in the second receiving chamber, the second receiving chamber comprises a space between the rear housing and the end cover;

the first receiving chamber is located between the second receiving chamber and the impeller chamber in an axial direction of the electrically driven pump, and the third passage comprises a passage formed inside the rear housing, the electronic control unit comprises a circuit board and electronic elements arranged on the circuit board, the electric elements are arranged on a lower surface of the circuit board, and an upper surface of the circuit board is in direct contact with a lower surface of the rear housing or is in indirect contact with the lower surface of the rear housing via a thermal conductive material.

10. The electrically driven pump according to claim 1, wherein the first passage comprises a passage extending through an upper surface and a lower surface of the at least one protruding rib.

11. The electrically driven pump according to claim 1, wherein the cooling passage further comprises a second auxiliary passage, and the second auxiliary passage is in communication with the third passage and the impeller chamber;

the second auxiliary passage comprises a gap between the rotor and the first partition, and a flow hole extending through a top portion of the second housing, and in the radial direction of the impeller chamber, a distance between the flow hole and the center of the impeller chamber is smaller than a distance between the first open portion of the cooling passage and the center of the impeller chamber, and is greater than a distance between the second open portion and the center of the impeller chamber.

12. The electrically driven pump according to claim 11, wherein the second auxiliary passage is in communication with the third passage via a third communication part, the third communication part comprises a flow guiding groove, and the buffer cavity in communication with the gap between the rotor and the first partition via the flow guiding groove.

13. The electrically driven pump according to claim 11, wherein the second auxiliary passage is in communication with the third passage via a third communication part, the third communication part comprises a through hole arranged in the rear housing.