Patents by Inventor Dave A. Moritz

Dave A. Moritz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Submerged rotor electric water pump with structural wetsleeve
    Patent number: 9360015
    Abstract: An electric water pump, and more specifically an electric water pump having an improved wet sleeve so that the water pump is free of a housing. The electric water includes a pump rotor having a shaft. A wetsleeve surrounds the rotor and has a cap, a sleeve that houses the rotor, and a seat in communication with the shaft of the rotor so that the seat assists in supporting the shaft a stator. Surrounding the wet sleeve and the rotor is a volute covering an upper portion of the rotor, wet sleeve, and stator. The electric water pump further includes a rubber boot covering a lower portion of the rotor, wet sleeve, and stator and is in communication with the volute forming a cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Muizelaar, Nicholas J. Glowacki, Liping Wang, Dave A. Moritz, Kyle Mills, Andrew Lakerdas
  • SUBMERGED ROTOR ELECTRIC WATER PUMP WITH STRUCTURAL WETSLEEVE
    Publication number: 20140017073
    Abstract: An electric pump comprising: a rotor, a wet sleeve surrounding the rotor; and a stator surrounding the wet sleeve and the rotor; wherein the rotor and stator have a magnetic air gap of about 2 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: MAGNA POWERTRAIN OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Muizelaar, Nicholas J. Glowacki, Liping Wang, Dave A. Moritz, Kyle Mills, Andrew Lakerdas