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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joel John Beltramo, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Ted Leo Byers, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
William Francis Gubing, III, Canton, MI (US);
Chris Donald Wicks, Allen Park, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01P 5/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01P 5/10 ;
Abstract
An internal combustion engine includes a coolant pump having an axially directed rotary pumping element which is functionally housed between upstream and downstream stators which function to straighten the flow and recover fluid velocity, both before and after work has been performed on the fluid by the rotary pumping element.