A thin pump includes a casing, a rotor, and a stator. The casing has a bottom surface, an outer surface, a lower chamber, an upper chamber, an inlet channel, and an outlet channel. The outer surface is connected to the bottom surface. The upper chamber and the lower chamber connected to each other are surrounded by the outer surface. The upper chamber is located further away from the bottom surface than the lower chamber. The inlet channel and the outlet channel are located on the outer surface. The inlet channel and the outlet channel are respectively connected to the upper chamber and the lower chamber. The rotor includes an impeller rotatably disposed in the lower chamber and a magnetic component disposed on the impeller. The stator disposed in the casing corresponds to the magnetic component so as to drive the rotor to rotate with respect to the casing.

A pump includes a circular housing having a thin profile, a brushless open frame motor, and a centrifugal impeller. The pump is configured to transport a fluid to transfer thermal energy to or from one or more external components.

A blood pump system includes a pump housing and an impeller for rotating in a pump chamber within the housing. The impeller has a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The system includes a stator having drive coils for applying a torque to the impeller and at least one bearing mechanism for suspending the impeller within the pump chamber. The system includes a position control mechanism for moving the impeller in an axial direction within the pump chamber to adjust a size of a first gap and a size of a second gap, thereby controlling a washout rate at each of the first gap and the second gap. The first gap is defined by a distance between the first side and the housing and the second gap is defined by a distance between the second side and the pump housing.

Pump assembly for recirculating a cooling fluid of a heat engine, comprising: a pump body, an impeller driven by a driven shaft and inserted in a chamber of the circuit for recirculating the cooling fluid of the heat engine; at least a reversible friction clutch, adapted to transmit the motion from motion generating means, coupled to the motor shaft of the vehicle, to the driven shaft, an electric motor to drive said driven shaft independently of the heat engine; wherein said electric motor and said friction clutch are arranged in an axially external position with respect to the motion generating means of the clutch. Preferably, said electric motor is axially opposed to the friction clutch with respect to the motion generating means, and is axially adjacent to the chamber of the impeller in the axial direction.

A pump includes a housing including a first portion thereof defining opposed parallel spaced apart internal and exterior generally planar surfaces. The pump also includes a first impeller rotatably secured to the housing and positioned within the housing. The pump also includes a first axial flux motor connected to the first impeller and at least partially positioned within the housing. The first axial flux motor includes a first motor rotor fixedly secured to the first impeller. The first motor rotor has a generally planar surface thereof positioned adjacent to and parallel to the internal generally planar surface of the first portion of the housing. The first axial flux motor includes a first motor stator fixedly secured to the housing. The first motor stator has a generally planar surface thereof positioned adjacent to and parallel to the external generally planar surface of the first portion of the housing.

A pumping device includes a single-use device and a reusable device. The single-use device is to be inserted into the reusable device and includes two pump units in series, one behind the other. Each pump unit includes a rotor for a bearingless motor, and can be magnetically levitated and driven without contact for rotation about an axial direction. The reusable device includes a stator for each rotor which form an electromagnetic rotary drive for rotating the rotor about the axial direction. Each stator is a bearing and drive stator with which the rotor can be magnetically driven and levitated without contact with respect to the stator. An independent control device is provided for each stator, and can independently activate a respective stator.

A blood pump system includes a pump housing and an impeller for rotating in a pump chamber within the housing. The impeller has a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The system includes a stator having drive coils for applying a torque to the impeller and at least one bearing mechanism for suspending the impeller within the pump chamber. The system includes a position control mechanism for moving the impeller in an axial direction within the pump chamber to adjust a size of a first gap and a size of a second gap, thereby controlling a washout rate at each of the first gap and the second gap. The first gap is defined by a distance between the first side and the housing and the second gap is defined by a distance between the second side and the pump housing.

A magnetic levitated pump that does not cause pulsation of a pumped liquid and can suppress the generation of particles, which are liable to be produced by contact of a sliding part, is disclosed. The magnetic levitated pump for magnetically levitating an impeller housed in a pump casing includes a motor configured to rotate the impeller, and an electromagnet configured to magnetically support the impeller. The motor and the electromagnet are arranged so as to face each other across the impeller, and the motor is arranged on the opposite side of a suction port of the pump casing.

Provided is a water pump including a lower casing, an upper casing coupled to an upper side of the lower casing to form an impeller accommodating space therein by the coupling with the lower casing and having an inlet communicating with the impeller accommodating space and allowing a fluid to be introduced therethrough and an outlet allowing the fluid to be discharged therethrough, an impeller provided in the impeller accommodating space and including an upper plate and a lower plate arranged to be spaced apart from each other vertically and a plurality of blades arranged and coupled between the upper plate and the lower plate, and a rotor coupled to the impeller and rotated together with the impeller, wherein the upper casing has a spacing recess provided on an inner surface corresponding to an outer circumference of the upper plate of the impeller.

A motor pump capable of preventing deformation of a resin-made motor casing due to heat while securing a mechanical strength of the motor casing is disclosed. The motor pump includes a motor casing made of resin. The motor stator is disposed in the motor casing. The motor casing includes a partition wall located between the impeller and stator coils, ribs extending radially, and an inner frame connected to an inner edge of the partition wall. The partition wall is fixed to the ribs. The motor casing has guide protrusions formed on an outer surface of the inner frame, and further has recesses formed between the guide protrusions.