Patent ID: 7016195
Filing Date: 2006-03-21
Classification: F04D,G06F

Abstract:
1. A cooling fluid pump in which a cooling fluid is caused to flow to cool a heating element, comprising: a casing brought into a direct contact or an indirect contact via a heat transfer member with the heating element; a pump chamber provided in the casing; an impeller rotatably provided in the pump chamber and including a pump groove formed in either one of both axial end faces, the impeller having an axis of rotation located radially away from a center of the casing; an inlet formed in the casing so that the cooling fluid is supplied therethrough into the pump chamber by an action of the pump groove with rotation of the impeller; and an outlet formed in the casing so that the cooling fluid is discharged therethrough out of the pump chamber by an action of the pump groove with rotation of the impeller.