PUMP FOR LIQUID COOLING SYSTEM
A pump includes a base (10), a case (20) fixed on the base, a stator (30) embedded into the case, a rotor unit (40) sandwiched between the base and the case. The rotor unit includes an inner rotor (42) surrounded by the stator and an outer rotor (44) surrounding the stator. Magnetic fields produced by the stator have interior parts interacting with the inner rotor, and exterior parts interlinking with the outer rotor. Therefore, the magnetic fields are able to be utilized sufficiently to drive the rotor unit to have a high speed rotation, and an operation efficiency of the pump is enhanced accordingly.
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a pump, and more particularly to a pump incorporating a pair of rotors for raising an operating efficiency thereof.
2. Description of related art
With continuing development of the computer technology, electronic packages such as the CPUs are generating more and more heat that is required to be dissipated immediately. The conventional heat dissipating devices such as combined heat sinks and fans are not competent for dissipating so much heat any more. Liquid cooling systems have thus been increasingly used in computer technology to cool these electronic packages.
A typical liquid cooling system comprises a heat absorbing unit for absorbing heat from a heat source, and a heat dissipating unit which is filled with liquid. The liquid conducts heat exchange with the heat absorbing unit, thereby taking away the heat of the heat absorbing unit when the liquid is circulated. Typically, a miniature pump is used to circulate the liquid in the liquid cooling system.
A conventional pump comprises a stator secured in a case, and a rotor rotatably mounted in the case and enclosing the stator. When an electric current is delivered to armature coils of the stator, a magnetic field is produced from the stator, and interacts with another magnetic field generated by a permanent magnetic sleeve of the rotor to repulse and attract the permanent magnetic sleeve, whereby the rotor is driven to rotate.
The magnetic field produced by the stator simultaneously distributes at an interior and an exterior of the stator. However, only the exterior part of the magnetic field can interact with the another magnetic field produced by the rotor, which results in the interior part of the magnetic field being wasted. The magnetic field being not able to be utilized sufficiently causes an operating efficiency of the pump limited.
What is needed, therefore, is a pump which can overcome the above-mentioned disadvantage.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONA pump includes a base, a case fixed on the base, a stator embedded into the case, a rotor unit sandwiched between the base and the case. The rotor unit includes an inner rotor surrounded by the stator, and an outer rotor surrounding the stator. Magnetic fields produced by the stator have interior parts interacting with the inner rotor and exterior parts interlinking with the outer rotor. Therefore, the magnetic fields are able to be utilized sufficiently to drive the rotor unit to have a high speed rotation, and an operation efficiency of the pump is enhanced accordingly.
Other advantages and novel features of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
Many aspects of the present apparatus can be better understood with reference to the following drawings. The components in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the present apparatus. Moreover, in the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.
Referring to
The base 10 has a substantially square shape with an upright, circular hole 12 defined in a central area from a top to a bottom thereof. A first pipe 14 and a second pipe 16 (seen in
The case 20 is fixed on the base 10 by bringing four screws (not shown) to extend four corners of the case 20 and be threadedly engaged in the base 10. A ring pad 80 is disposed between the case 20 and the base 10 for preventing a liquid leakage from occurring. The case 20 also has a square configuration that has a cross-section identical to that of the base 10. An annular area of a top face of the case 20 is concaved downwardly to form a cylindrical post 220 in a center of the case 20, and a first cavity 22 surrounding the cylindrical post 220 for receiving the stator 30 therein. A plurality of areas of a bottom face of the case 20 is concaved upwardly to form a second cavity 24, a third cavity 26, and a forth cavity 28 (illustrated in
Also referring to
Shown in
The printed circuit board 50 is disposed on the stator 30, with its power cords extending through the cutout 222 of the case 20, and a top of the cylindrical post 220 received into a center thereof. An exterior diameter of the printed circuit board 50 is slightly less than that of the first cavity 22 of the case 20 so that the printed circuit board 50 can be substantially accommodated therein. The printed circuit board 50 interconnects the stator 30 with a power source (not shown), for providing an alternating electric current to the stator 30.
The pump further comprises a cover 60 lying over the printed circuit board 50 and firmly coupling with the case 20 by screws. The cover 60 has a cross section identical to that of the base 10, so that when the pump is assembled to be an integral, it has a shape similar to a cube. The cover 60 is used for protecting the inner elements of the pump.
As shown in
Since the inner permanent magnetic sleeve 42 and the outer permanent magnetic sleeve 44 respectively located into and out of the stator 30, the interior parts and the exterior parts of the magnetic fields exerted by the stator 30 is able to be utilized sufficiently, and produce more turning torques. The more turning torques acting on the rotor unit 40 could cause the rotor unit 40 to rotor much rapidly. Therefore, a high speed rotation of the rotor unit 40 is obtained, and an operation efficiency of the pump is enhanced accordingly.
Referring to
It is believed that the present invention and its advantages will be understood from the foregoing description, and it will be apparent that various changes may be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention or sacrificing all of its material advantages, the examples hereinbefore described merely being preferred or exemplary embodiments of the invention.
Claims
1. A pump for use with a liquid cooling system, comprising:
- a base;
- a case fixed on the base;
- a stator embedded into the case;
- a rotor unit received between the case and the base, the rotor unit being separated in a liquid-isolating relationship with the stator, comprising: an inner rotor surrounded by the stator; an outer rotor surrounding the stator; and a plurality of blades attached below the inner rotor and the outer rotor for driving the liquid to flow.
2. The pump as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rotor comprises a circular panel, the plurality of blades being fixed on a bottom of the circular panel, and the inner rotor and the outer rotor being secured on a top of the circular panel.
3. The pump as claimed in claim 2, wherein the rotor further comprises a pair of inner coaxial sidewalls extending upwardly from the top of the circular panel and sandwiching the inner rotor therebetween, a pair of outer coaxial sidewalls extending upwardly from the top of the circular panel and sandwiching the outer rotor therebetween, and a shaft enclosed by the pair of inner coaxial sidewalls.
4. The pump as claimed in claim 3, wherein the case defines an annular cavity having an opening oriented upwardly, the stator being received in the annular cavity.
5. The pump as claimed in claim 4, wherein the case defines a circular cavity having an opening oriented downwardly and receiving the shaft of the rotor unit therein, an annular chamber having an opening oriented downwardly and receiving the pair of inner coaxial sidewalls of the rotor unit therein, and another annular chamber having an opening oriented downwardly and receiving the pair of outer coaxial sidewalls of the rotor unit therein.
6. The pump as claimed in claim 5, wherein the annular cavity of the case is surrounded by the annular chamber and surrounds the circular cavity, and the another annular chamber surrounds the annular chamber.
7. The pump as claimed in claim 5 further comprising a bearing accommodated in the circular cavity of the case for supporting the shaft of the rotor unit therein.
8. The pump as claimed in claim 4, wherein a part of the case surrounded by the annular cavity is shorter than other parts of the case.
9. The pump as claimed in claim 8 further comprising a printed circuit board disposed on the stator and in the annular cavity of the case, wherein a top face of the printed circuit board is coplanar with a top face of the part of the case surrounded by the annular cavity.
10. The pump as claimed in claim 4 further comprising a cover fixed on the case to overlay the stator, cross-sectional areas of the cover, the case, and the base being equal to each other.
11. The pump as claimed in claim 2, wherein the base defines a transverse hole in an upper portion thereof, a horizontal hole in a lower portion thereof, and an upright hole from a top to a bottom thereof, the upright hole communicating the horizontal hole with the transverse horizontal hole and receiving the plurality of blades of the rotor unit therein.
12. The pump as claimed in claim 11 further comprising an annulus received in the upright hole and at a middle of a height of the base to separate the horizontal hole with the transverse hole of the base, wherein the rotor unit is located above the annulus.
13. The pump as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the inner rotor and the outer rotor has alternating N and S magnetic poles distributed evenly therearound, a number of the N and S magnetic poles of the inner rotor being essentially identical to that of the outer rotor.
14. The pump as claimed in claim 13, wherein each of the N magnetic poles of the inner rotor faces each of the S magnetic poles of the outer rotor, both of which have an equal angular width.
15. The pump as claimed in claim 13, wherein the magnetic poles of the inner rotor and the magnetic poles of the outer rotor in facing relationship have opposite polarities.
16. The pump as claimed in claim 13, wherein each of the S magnetic poles of the inner rotor and each of the N magnetic poles of the outer rotor are staggered each other with an acute angle defined therebetween.
17. The pump as claimed in claim 15, wherein the stator comprises a plurality of teeth positioned in a circumferentially equidistant relationship therein, a number of the teeth is identical to the number of the S and N magnetic poles of the inner rotor.
18. A liquid pump, comprising:
- a casing defining therein a chamber, an inlet and an outlet both being in flow communication with the chamber;
- a rotor received in the chamber and being rotatable to drive liquid to enter the chamber via the inlet and to exit the chamber via the outlet, the rotor comprising a cylindrical outer wall, a cylindrical inner wall and a substrate connecting with a bottom end of the outer and inner walls, an agitator being formed on a bottom surface of the substrate;
- an outer magnetic ring embedded in the outer wall of the rotor and an inner magnetic ring embedded in the inner wall of the rotor;
- a stator received in the chamber to drive the rotor to rotate;
- a partition seat received in the chamber and arranged between the stator and the rotor to space the stator and the rotor; and
- a top cover mounted to a top of the casing.
19. The liquid pump as described in claim 18, wherein each of the outer and inner magnetic rings have a plurality of alternating N and S poles, and have different poles at opposing surfaces thereof so that a attractive force exists therebetween.
Type: Application
Filed: Dec 18, 2007
Publication Date: Jun 18, 2009
Applicants: FU ZHUN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHEN ZHEN) CO., LTD. (Shenzhen City), FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. (Tu-Cheng)
Inventors: CHENG-TIEN LAI (Tu-Cheng), ZHI-YONG ZHOU (Shenzhen), QIAO-LI DING (Shenzhen)
Application Number: 11/959,436
International Classification: F04B 17/00 (20060101);