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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2005
Gregory P. Wood, Vacaville, CA (US);
Phillip V. Cortez, Concord, CA (US);
Michael A. Citro, Oakley, CA (US);
Gregory P. Wood, Vacaville, CA (US);
Phillip V. Cortez, Concord, CA (US);
Michael A. Citro, Oakley, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A pump assembly () having a pump housing (and) and a rotor () rotatingly disposed within the housing, the rotor having a plurality of slots (). The pump assembly includes a plurality of vanes (), each vane moveably disposed in one of the plurality of slots, and an input shaft () coupled to the rotor for applying a torque to the rotor. The pump assembly () also includes a prime mover () for generating a torque and a magnetic coupling unit () for magnetically transferring the torque generated by the prime mover to the input shaft. The vanes may have a leg () which extends radially inward from a blade (). The rotor and input shaft may be integrally formed.