ELECTRIC PUMP
An electric pump includes a housing having a bottom portion and an opening portion provided at an opposite side to the bottom portion, a motor rotor rotatably accommodated in the housing, a field coil, a pump rotor configured to transmit fluid by being rotated by a driving force of the motor rotor, and a control substrate provided at an outside of the bottom portion. The bottom portion includes a heat conduction wall formed of material including heat conductivity which is higher than heat conductivity of the housing. The housing includes a space portion formed with a flow path configured to allow the fluid to flow into the space portion and flow out of the space portion after the fluid is in contact with an inner surface of the heat conduction wall.
1 . An electric pump comprising:
a housing including a bottomed cylindrical shape having a bottom portion and an opening portion provided at an opposite side to the bottom portion;
a motor rotor rotatably accommodated in the housing and including a permanent magnet;
a field coil formed integrally with the housing and configured to apply a magnetic field to the permanent magnet;
a pump rotor provided at an outside of the opening portion of the housing and configured to transmit fluid by being rotated by a driving force of the motor rotor;
a control substrate provided at an outside of the bottom portion of the housing and configured to control an electric current to be supplied to the field coil;
the bottom portion including a heat conduction wall formed of material including heat conductivity which is higher than heat conductivity of the housing;
the housing including a space portion in which the motor rotor is accommodated, the space portion being formed with a flow path configured to allow the fluid to flow into the space portion from the opening portion, and allow the fluid to flow out of the space portion from the opening portion after the fluid is in contact with an inner surface of the heat conduction wall; and
the control substrate being arranged to be positioned along an outer surface of the heat conduction wall.
2 . The electric pump according to claim 1 , comprising:
a heat release sheet arranged between the control substrate and the heat release sheet, the heat release sheet being flexible and heat conductive.
3 . The electric pump according to claim 1 , wherein the motor rotor is rotatably supported by a shaft and an end portion of the shaft is supported by a support portion, and
the support portion is formed integrally with the heat conduction wall.
4 . The electric pump according to claim 2 , wherein the motor rotor is rotatably supported by a shaft and an end portion of the shaft is supported by a support portion, and
the support portion is formed integrally with the heat conduction wall.
5 . The electric pump according to claim 1 , wherein the motor rotor is rotatably supported by a shaft formed integrally with the heat conduction wall.
6 . The electric pump according to claim 2 , wherein the motor rotor is rotatably supported by a shaft formed integrally with the heat conduction wall.
7 . The electric pump according to claim 1 , wherein the inner surface of the heat conduction wall is provided with a protrusion-and-recess portion formed at least in a region with which the fluid is in contact.
8 . The electric pump according to claim 2 , wherein the inner surface of the heat conduction wall is provided with a protrusion-and-recess portion formed at least in a region with which the fluid is in contact.
9 . The electric pump according to claim 3 , wherein the inner surface of the heat conduction wall is provided with a protrusion-and-recess portion formed at least in a region with which the fluid is in contact.
10 . The electric pump according to claim 4 , wherein the inner surface of the heat conduction wall is provided with a protrusion-and-recess portion formed at least in a region with which the fluid is in contact.
11 . The electric pump according to claim 2 , wherein
the control substrate includes a facing surface that is flat, and the heat conduction wall includes a facing surface that is flat and faces the facing surface of the control substrate,
the facing surface of the control substrate and the facing surface of the heat conduction wall are in postures in which the facing surfaces are parallel with each other, and
the heat release sheet is sandwiched between the control substrate and the heat conduction wall.