Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus for cooling a solenoid coil of a solenoid pump
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Application No.: US14724148Application Date: 2015-06-09
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Publication No.: US10260490B2Publication Date: 2019-04-16
- Inventor: James Fochtman , John Walters
- Applicant: Synerject LLC
- Applicant Address: US VA Newport News
- Assignee: Synerject LLC
- Current Assignee: Synerject LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Newport News
- Main IPC: F04B35/04
- IPC: F04B35/04 ; F04B39/06 ; F04B17/04 ; F02M37/10 ; F04B23/06 ; F04B53/08

Abstract:
In some embodiments, a solenoid-actuated pump includes a first pumping chamber and a second pumping chamber, where the first pumping chamber delivers fluid from the pump to portions of a vehicle to facilitate the operation of the vehicle. The second (or “parasitic”) pumping chamber implements a forced convection cooling method, which utilizes parasitic pumping loss to produce a flow within and/or around the solenoid coil to cool the coil and/or maintain the temperature of the coil during operation. In this manner, the second pumping chamber produces a flow that reduces thermally-related increases in electrical resistance of the solenoid coil of the solenoid-actuated pump.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160108909A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COOLING A SOLENOID COIL OF A SOLENOID PUMP Public/Granted day:2016-04-21
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