Patent ID: 8651838
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: F04D

Abstract:
1. A vacuum pump for producing high vacuum in a recipient, the vacuum pump comprising: a housing provided at one end thereof with a flange for connecting the vacuum pump with the recipient and having a vacuum chamber in which pumping elements for compressing gas are located; electrical and electronic components located in the vacuum chamber; a control unit provided at another end of the housing opposite the one end and including control elements for controlling the electrical and electronic components located in the vacuum chamber; a separation member provided on the another end of the housing for separating the vacuum chamber from an environment in which the vacuum pump is located and formed as a printed circuit board having an outer surface facing the control unit and an inner surface facing the vacuum chamber; and means for conducting electrical current and voltage from the control elements to the electrical and electronic components for controlling same, the conducting means including at least one electrical component mounted on one of the outer and inner surfaces of the printed circuit board.