IP Library Granted Patent US 12,377,210
Granted Patent B2
US 12,377,210 · App. 18/232,888 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Pump

Inventors: Do Kyung Lee (Hwaseong-si, KR); Joon Sung Jeon (Yongin-si, KR); Young Wook Chang (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: IPV
A61M5/14586A61M5/14224A61M5/14248A61M5/1723F04B43/04F04B53/143A61M2005/14252A61M2005/1585
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Patent No.
US 12,377,210
App. No.
18/232,888
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a pump including a housing having a shaft hole, a membrane assembly disposed inside the housing, and a shaft assembly mounted on the housing. The shaft assembly includes a shaft inserted into the shaft hole, and a sealing member disposed on an end portion of the shaft and having a plurality of contact regions on an inner surface of the housing along a longitudinal direction of the shaft.

Claims (18)

1. A pump comprising:

a housing having a shaft hole;

a membrane assembly disposed inside the housing; and

a shaft assembly mounted on the housing,

wherein the shaft assembly includes:

a shaft inserted into the shaft hole; and

a sealing member disposed on an end portion of the shaft and having a plurality of contact regions on an inner surface of the housing along a longitudinal direction of the shaft,

wherein the sealing member includes:

a body into which the shaft is inserted, and having a concave surface disposed forward in an axial direction of the shaft;

a first protrusion protruding from the body in a radial direction of the shaft;

a first groove disposed between the body and the first protrusion and having a first depth;

a second protrusion disposed on a side opposite to the first protrusion; and

a second groove disposed between the body and the second protrusion and having a second depth to be different from the first depth; and

wherein the shaft includes:

a first supporter disposed inside the sealing member and extending in a radial direction; and

a second supporter disposed outside the sealing member and supporting the body of the sealing member.

2. The pump of claim 1 , wherein in the sealing member, at least one of the first protrusion and the second protrusion protrudes from an outer circumferential surface of the body.

3. The pump of claim 1 , wherein the sealing member includes a sidewall having a concave surface, disposed between the first protrusion and the second protrusion.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 4, 2025
From: EOFLOW CO., LTD.
To: IPV
Reel/Frame 071320/0103 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 15, 2023
From: LEE, DO KYUNG; JEON, JOON SUNG; CHANG, YOUNG WOOK
To: EOFLOW CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064588/0446 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0026314 · Feb 26, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2022002094 · Feb 11, 2022
Related Publication 20230381409A1 · Nov 30, 2023
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