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Granted Patent B2
US 12,480,491 · App. 17/590,131 · Granted Nov 25, 2025

Liquid pump and method for assembling a liquid pump

Inventors: Alexander Lehnert (Ebern, DE); Manuel Merkle (Ebern, DE); Frank Sauerteig (Ebern, DE); Karin Fecke (Ebern, DE); Süleyman Yildirim (Ebern, DE)
Assignee: Valeo Powertrain GmbH
F04B53/22F04B17/03F04C11/008F04C15/008F04C2240/30F04C2240/808F04C2240/81F04C2270/19
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Patent No.
US 12,480,491
App. No.
17/590,131
Granted
Nov 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid pump having a housing, an electric motor formed by a stator assembly arranged in the housing and a rotor, a liquid duct, a printed circuit board and a temperature sensor assembly which is received in the housing and has a temperature sensor associated with the liquid duct, the stator assembly and/or the temperature sensor assembly having at least one press-in contact which engages into a press-in opening in the printed circuit board, an alignment mechanism is provided, by way of which the press-in contact may be directly aligned relative to the printed circuit board.

Claims (34)

1 . A liquid pump comprising:

a housing;

an electric motor formed by a stator assembly arranged in the housing and a rotor,

a liquid duct which provides a conduit to discharge liquid from the pump;

a printed circuit board; and

a temperature sensor assembly which is received in the housing and has a temperature sensor that is distal from the printed circuit board and arranged in the liquid duct,

wherein the stator assembly and/or the temperature sensor assembly having at least one press-in contact each of which engages into a respective press-in opening in the printed circuit board,

wherein an alignment mechanism is provided, by way of which the at least one press-in contact is directly aligned relative to the printed circuit board, the alignment mechanism comprising a first guide opening in at least one of the stator assembly and the temperature sensor assembly, and a second guide opening in the printed circuit board,

wherein the stator assembly and/or the temperature sensor assembly has/have at least one stop element which bears against a contact face on the housing, wherein the contact face limits a press-in depth of the stator assembly and/or the temperature sensor assembly and/or a rotation of the stator assembly and/or the temperature sensor assembly about an axis parallel to a press-in direction, and

wherein the stator assembly and/or the temperature sensor assembly has/have, on its side adjacent to the printed circuit board, a transverse bar which has the first guide opening and the stop element.

2 . The liquid pump according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first guide opening and the second guide opening has a circular cross section.

3 . The liquid pump according to claim 2 , wherein the first guide opening has an insertion bevel.

4 . The liquid pump according to claim 2 , wherein the stator assembly and/or the temperature sensor assembly is/are provided with at least one positioning wing which is received in a slot in the housing.

5 . The liquid pump according to claim 2 , wherein the stator assembly and/or the temperature sensor assembly is/are provided with a plurality of guide fins.

6 . The liquid pump according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first guide opening and the second guide opening has a cross section configured to provide non-rotatable engagement with a guide element.

7 . The liquid pump according to claim 1 , wherein the first guide opening has an insertion bevel.

8 . The liquid pump according to claim 1 , wherein the stator assembly and/or the temperature sensor assembly is/are provided with at least one positioning wing which is received in a slot in the housing.

9 . The liquid pump according to claim 1 , wherein the stator assembly and/or the temperature sensor assembly is/are provided with a plurality of guide fins.

10 . A liquid pump comprising:

a housing;

an electric motor formed by a stator assembly arranged in the housing and a rotor,

a liquid duct which provides a conduit to discharge liquid from the pump;

a printed circuit board; and

a temperature sensor assembly which is received in the housing and has a temperature sensor that is distal from the printed circuit board and arranged in the liquid duct,

wherein the stator assembly and/or the temperature sensor assembly having at least one press-in contact each of which engages into a respective press-in opening in the printed circuit board,

wherein an alignment mechanism is provided, by way of which the at least one press-in contact is directly aligned relative to the printed circuit board, the alignment mechanism comprising a first guide opening in at least one of the stator assembly and the temperature sensor assembly, and a second guide opening in the printed circuit board,

wherein the stator assembly and/or the temperature sensor assembly is/are provided with at least one positioning wing which is received in a slot in the housing,

wherein the positioning wing is provided with two clamping elements which are arranged on mutually opposite sides of the positioning wing and bear against mutually opposite sides of the slot with prestress.

11 . The liquid pump according to claim 10 , wherein the stator assembly and/or the temperature sensor assembly has/have at least one stop element which bears against a contact face on the housing, wherein the contact face limits a press-in depth of the stator assembly and/or the temperature sensor assembly and/or a rotation of the stator assembly and/or the temperature sensor assembly about an axis parallel to a press-in direction.

12 . The liquid pump according to claim 10 , wherein two positioning wings are provided on opposite sides of the stator assembly and/or the temperature sensor assembly.

13 . The liquid pump according to claim 10 , wherein the stator assembly and/or the temperature sensor assembly has/have at least one stop element which bears against a contact face on the housing, wherein the contact face limits a press-in depth of the stator assembly and/or the temperature sensor assembly and/or a rotation of the stator assembly and/or the temperature sensor assembly about an axis parallel to a press-in direction.

14 . The liquid pump according to claim 10 , wherein each of the first guide opening and the second guide opening has a circular cross section.

15 . The liquid pump according to claim 10 , wherein each of the first guide opening and the second guide opening has a cross section configured to provide non-rotatable engagement with a guide element.

16 . The liquid pump according to claim 10 , wherein the first guide opening has an insertion bevel.

Assignments (2)
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 13, 2025
From: FTE AUTOMOTIVE GMBH; FTE ASIA GMBH
To: VALEO POWERTRAIN GMBH
Reel/Frame 069875/0816 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 1, 2022
From: LEHNERT, ALEXANDER; MERKLE, MANUEL; SAUERTEIG, FRANK; FECKE, KARIN; YILDIRIM, SÜLEYMAN
To: FTE AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
Reel/Frame 058844/0540 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2021 102 395.5 · Feb 2, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220243729A1 · Aug 4, 2022
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