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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2005
Katsuya Seko, Yokohama, JP;
Kenichi Ito, Zama, JP;
Katsuya Seko, Yokohama, JP;
Kenichi Ito, Zama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fluid pump having a case with a pump chamber defined by axial side surfaces and a circumferential surface, a suction port and a discharge port both provided in the circumferential surface so as to communicate with the pump chamber, an impeller formed into a disc shape and rotatably mounted in the pump chamber, a pressure generating protrusion, which generates pressure by rotation of the impeller and is located inside the pump chamber at a radial position, and a motor, which drives the impeller, installed in the case and having a stator and a rotor to which the impeller is attached for rotating together.