Abstract: A vapor pump for an automotive application includes a housing group with a pump housing having a pump chamber, an inlet opening and an outlet opening, and a motor housing having a motor chamber; a rotor shaft made from an electrically conductive material; a pumping wheel made of an electrically conductive plastic material arranged in the pump chamber and mounted on the rotor shaft to rotate therewith to pump the fuel vapor from the inlet opening to the outlet opening; a drive motor arranged in the motor chamber which includes a motor stator, a motor rotor and a motor control unit; a contact plug which electrically connects the motor control unit; and an electrically conductive bearing arrangement which is connected with the contact plug via a conductor. The motor rotor is connected with the rotor shaft to rotate therewith. The electrically conductive bearing arrangement rotatably supports the rotor shaft.

Abstract: An electric coolant pump includes a pump housing, an electric motor, and a pump wheel. The pump housing has a pumping chamber and a motor chamber which are separated by a separation sidewall. The pumping chamber has a pump volute which extends from a pump inlet to a pump outlet. A volute cooling sector of the pump volute extends over a volute angle of 120°. The separation sidewall has a cooling section which is defined by the volute cooling sector. The electric motor includes a motor rotor, a motor stator having a stator coil arrangement, and a motor electronics arranged in the motor chamber which energizes the stator coil arrangement. The pump wheel is arranged in the pumping chamber and is connected with the motor rotor. The stator coil arrangement is arranged adjacent to the volute cooling sector and thermally contacts the cooling section of the separation sidewall.

Abstract: A canned electric motor for a fluid pump. The canned electric motor includes a static motor frame, a rotor shaft, a rotatable motor rotor which is co-rotatably connected with the rotor shaft, a static motor stator having a stator body which is directly fixed to the static motor frame, and a separating can which fluidically separates the static motor stator from the rotatable motor rotor. The separating can has a first axial support which protrudes radially from an outside of the separating can. The separating can is supported in a first axial direction by the stator body via the first axial support and in a second axial direction by the static motor frame. The first axial direction is opposite to the second axial direction.

Abstract: An electric coolant pump includes a pump housing, an electric motor, and a pump wheel. The pump housing includes a pumping chamber and a motor chamber. The pumping chamber includes an inlet, an outlet, and a pump volute which extends from the inlet to the outlet. The pump volute has a volute cooling sector having a radial width to axial height ratio of >1.5. A separation sidewall having a cooling section fluidically separates the motor chamber from the pumping chamber. The electric motor has a motor stator which is arranged in the motor chamber, a rotating motor rotor, and a motor electronics which is arranged in the motor chamber axially adjacent to the volute cooling sector and in a thermal contact with the cooling section. The motor electronics energizes the static motor stator. The pump wheel is arranged in the pumping chamber and is connected with the motor rotor.

Abstract: An automotive electrical oil pump includes an oil displacement pumping unit with a pump rotor which rotates in a pump chamber so as to pump a pressurized oil to an oil recipient, an electric driving motor which drives the pump rotor of the oil displacement pumping unit, an electrical connector plug which electrically connects the electric driving motor to a power source, and a fluid connector. The fluid connector includes a pump inlet which is fluidically connected to a chamber inlet, a pump outlet which is fluidically connected to a chamber outlet, a center front opening, and a ring front opening which is arranged coaxially to the center front opening. The center front opening and the ring front opening define the pump inlet and the pump outlet.

Abstract: An automotive auxiliary assembly vacuum pump includes a housing composite structure with an electric motor section, a pump section, a pump inlet opening, and a pump outlet opening, a motor housing part, a bearing plate which closes the motor housing part proximally, and a pump rotor with a rotor body. The electric motor section includes a motor rotor which is surrounded by the motor housing part and which is closed by the bearing plate. The pump section includes a pump housing which defines a pump chamber and which includes a closure element, at least one pump chamber inlet opening, and at least one pump chamber outlet opening. The pump housing is formed at least by axially proximal and axially distal thrust washers and a radial thrust ring. Only the bearing plate and the axially proximal thrust washer are provided as a single-piece flange element.

Abstract: An electrical device includes a brushless one-phase driving motor which drives a mechanical unit. The brushless one-phase driving motor includes a motor rotor which is radially permanently magnetized and which rotates around a rotational rotor axis, a non-symmetric stator back-iron structure which includes a rotor opening for the motor rotor and a lateral bridge portion which magnetically connect two stator poles, a single stator coil which surrounds the lateral bridge portion, a pole separation gap arranged radially opposite to the lateral bridge portion, the pole separation gap magnetically separating the two stator poles, an electronic control device which drives the single stator coil, and a single hall sensor which is electrically connected to the electronic control device. The single hall sensor is arranged approximately radially opposite to the single stator coil with respect to the rotational rotor axis.

Abstract: A fluid pump for a motor vehicle includes a pump wheel which is co-rotatably connected with a driving device via a rotor shaft, and a shaft bearing system for the rotor shaft. The shaft bearing system includes a bearing receptacle having a support flange, and a first and a second ball bearing. The first and the second ball bearing are each fixed to a radial outside of the rotor shaft, are each axially shiftable within the static bearing receptacle, and are positioned at opposite axial sides of the support flange. An outer race of the first ball bearing contacts the support flange. An outer race of the second ball bearing is axially preloaded away from the support flange via a preload spring. The first and the second ball bearing are each radially supported within the static bearing receptacle only by an elastic support ring which radially surrounds the outer races.

Abstract: A motor vehicle vacuum pump includes a pumping chamber in which a pump rotor rotates to compress a gas, an outlet chamber into which the gas exits, a separation wall which includes a valve opening and a valve seat arranged on an outlet side of the separation wall around the valve opening. The separation wall separates the pumping chamber from the outlet chamber. An outlet valve is formed as a non-return valve in the separation wall. The outlet valve is formed by the valve opening in the separation wall and includes a valve body with a closing body. The outlet valve has the gas exit therethrough from the pumping chamber into the outlet chamber. A corresponding part of the closing body is supported on the valve seat when the closing body is in a closed position. The valve seat and/or the corresponding part of the closing body includes microgrooves.

Abstract: An automotive electric fluidic pump includes a brushless and electronically commutated electric drive motor. The electric drive motor includes a permanent-magnetic motor rotor which rotates around a rotation axis and includes rotor poles, stator-sided electro-magnetic coils, a printed circuit board with openings, at least two stator-sided Hall sensors arranged on a proximal side of the printed circuit board to face the permanent-magnetic motor rotor, and a ferromagnetic back iron member arranged at a distal side of the printed circuit board to provide a direct magnetic coupling of the Hall sensors with each other. The Hall sensors are arranged eccentrically to detect axial magnetic fields of the rotor poles. The ferromagnetic back iron member comprises axial protrusions. An axial protrusion extends into an opening of the printed circuit board. Each axial protrusion faces a Hall sensor.

Abstract: A dry-running vane gas pump includes a pump housing which forms a pump chamber, a pump rotor with at least one displaceable slide element which pump rotor is rotatably supported in the pump chamber, at least one fluid inlet opening associated with the pump chamber, a first fluid outlet opening associated with the pump chamber, a second fluid outlet opening associated with the pump chamber, and a non-return valve which closes the first fluid outlet opening. The second fluid outlet opening is permanently open. The first fluid outlet opening is arranged before the second fluid outlet opening in a direction of rotation of the pump rotor.

Abstract: An automotive electrical oil pump which includes an oil displacement pumping unit with a pump rotor which rotates in a pump chamber to pump oil to an oil recipient, an electric driving motor which drives the pump rotor, an electrical connector plug which connects the electric driving motor to a power source, and a fluid connector. The fluid connector includes a pump inlet fluidically connected to a chamber inlet, a pump outlet fluidically connected to a chamber outlet, a first lateral circular ring opening which define the pump inlet or the pump outlet, and a second lateral circular ring opening or a circular front opening which defines the pump outlet or the pump inlet. The second lateral circular ring opening is provided separate from the first lateral circular ring opening. The pump outlet and the pump inlet are arranged coaxially to each other.

Abstract: An automotive liquid pendulum vane pump includes a pump housing, a rotor ring with circular undercut recesses, a rotor hub with vane slots, and pendulum vanes which connect the rotor ring and the rotor hub. Each vane slot has a substantially plane contact wall slot with a tangential contact nose in an opening region and a diving recess. Each pendulum vane has a circular pendulum head which defines a pendulum hinge which corresponds to a circular undercut recess, a circular pendulum foot which is radially shiftable and pivotable in a vane slot, a vane leg which connects the circular pendulum head and the circular pendulum foot, and a contact path with a contact path surface which contacts the tangential contact nose in a rotational contact sector. A radial inner end of the contact path surface defines an inner tangential projection which temporarily dives into the diving recess.

Abstract: A coolant pump assembly includes an electric coolant pump for a motor vehicle. The electric coolant pump includes a multi-part pump housing and an electric drive unit arranged in the multi-part pump housing. The multi-pat housing includes a coolant inlet, a coolant outlet, and a fastening assembly via which the electric coolant pump is detachably connected in an engine compartment to an engine component and/or to a body part. The fastening assembly includes at least one screw connection and at least one interlocking connection.

Abstract: A vacuum pump for pumping a gas includes a pump housing which defines a pump cavity, a shiftable vane, a pump rotor body, a separate axial rotor retaining arrangement, and a radial friction bearing. The pump housing includes a closed housing wall. The pump rotor body includes a vane slit which supports the shiftable vane to define rotating pumping chambers, an axial low-pressure end which is axially supported by the closed housing wall so that a gas pressure inside the pumping chambers is present at the low-pressure end, and an axial high-pressure end. The pump housing is fluidically open at the axial high-pressure end so that atmospheric pressure is present. The axial rotor retaining arrangement includes a retaining sheet body arranged in a transversal plane which axially in part blocks the axial high-pressure end. The radial friction bearing is arranged axially between the vane slit and the axial high-pressure end.

Abstract: An automotive vapor pump for pumping a pump gas having a fuel vapor. The automotive vapor pump includes a pump inlet opening, a pump outlet opening, an outlet volute, a pump outlet duct which is substantially tangential and which fluidically connects the outlet volute with the pump outlet opening, a centrifugal pumping wheel which pumps the pump gas from the pump inlet opening into the outlet volute and subsequently into the pump outlet duct, an electric motor which drives a pumping wheel, the electric motor including a static motor coil, a magnetic rotor body, and a motor driving electronics which drives the static motor coil, an electric connector plug which electrically connects the motor driving electronics with an external control unit, and an integrated pressure sensor which detects a fluidic pressure in the outlet volute or in the pump outlet duct.

Abstract: An electric motor vehicle-axial-flow liquid pump which is designed as an internal rotor pump. The electric motor vehicle-axial-flow liquid pump includes a pump housing with an axial inlet opening for admitting a liquid and an axial outlet opening for discharging the liquid, and an electric motor arranged in the pump housing. The electric motor includes a motor stator with at least one external stator coil, a can formed radially inside the at least one external stator coil, and a rotor body which is permanently magnetized and which is provided as an axial-flow impeller rotatably arranged inside the can. The rotor body has an axis of rotation and at least one blade which pumps the liquid from the inlet opening to the outlet opening along the axis of rotation.

Abstract: A motor vehicle auxiliary unit electric motor includes a permanent-magnetic motor rotor, a motor stator having a ferromagnetic stator body and at least one stator coil, a motor electronics unit which is electrically connected to and which drives the at least one stator coil, and a contact spring. The motor electronics unit has an external ground connector which electrically connects the motor electronics unit to an external vehicle ground, and an internal ground contact which is electrically connected to the external ground connector. The contact spring provides a direct electrical connection between the internal ground contact of the motor electronics unit and the ferromagnetic stator body.

Abstract: An electric fluid pump for a motor vehicle includes a housing composite, a pump unit, a drive motor, a rotor shaft, and a motor controller which controls the drive motor. The housing composite defines a pump space, which includes a pump rotor space wherein a pump rotor of the pump unit is arranged, and a motor space wherein the drive motor is arranged, which together comprise a common end wall. The drive motor includes a motor stator, a motor coil arrangement, and a motor rotor. The rotor shaft co-rotatably connected to the motor rotor, and is arranged through the common end wall to rotate jointly with the pump rotor. The common end wall is a mounting wall part on which at least the motor controller is arranged. The motor coil arrangement is arranged on the motor stator and is provided on a side which is opposite to the motor controller.

Abstract: An automotive auxiliary unit includes an electronic protection unit. The electronic protection unit includes an inverse-polarity protection unit having a semiconductor switch, and an overcurrent protection unit which detects a voltage drop at the semiconductor switch of the inverse-polarity protection unit so as to determine a present current level.