The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 1989
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1983
Minoru Kinbara, Toyota, JP;
Hiroaki Toyoda, Anjo, JP;
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A variable-capacity water pump includes a pump impelled fixed to a rotatable shaft for forcibly feeding cooling water from a cooling water passage, a mechanical seal disposed behind the pump impeller, a temperature sensor such as a thermostat mounted on the rotatable shaft and disposed in the cooling water passage for detecting the temperature of the cooling water, a thrust shaft disposed coaxially with the rotatable shaft and axially movable by the temperature sensor, and a disk secured to the thrust shaft for axial movement therewith, the disk being axially movable by the temperature sensor for varying a range of operation of the pump impeller. In response to a variation in the temperature of the cooling water, the temperature sensor axially moves the thrust shaft and hence the disk to vary the range of operation of the impeller, thereby changing the quantity of the cooling water flowing through the water pump. The water pump of the present invention can supply a quantity of cooling water necessary and sufficient to cope with the detected temperature of the cooling water without any unwanted power loss and with an increased degree of efficiency.