US 11,809,243 B2
Heat exchange module and serial pump thereof
Shui-Fa Tsai, New Taipei (TW)
Assigned to COOLER MASTER CO., LTD., Taipei (TW)
Filed by COOLER MASTER CO., LTD., New Taipei (TW)
Filed on May 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/307,614.
Application 17/307,614 is a continuation of application No. 16/222,345, filed on Dec. 17, 2018, granted, now 11,029,738.
Application 16/222,345 is a continuation of application No. 15/283,299, filed on Oct. 1, 2016, granted, now 10,198,046, issued on Feb. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 201610055067.4 (CN), filed on Jan. 27, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0255676 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 1/20 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01); F04D 1/06 (2006.01); H01L 23/473 (2006.01); F04D 13/14 (2006.01); F04D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/20 (2013.01) [F04D 1/06 (2013.01); H05K 7/20272 (2013.01); F04D 1/003 (2013.01); F04D 13/14 (2013.01); G06F 2200/201 (2013.01); H01L 23/473 (2013.01); H05K 7/20327 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A serial pump, comprising:
a pump body including a first rotor chamber, a second rotor chamber and a connecting channel, wherein
the first rotor chamber includes a first outlet opening,
the second rotor chamber includes a second inlet opening, and
the connecting channel fluidly communicates with the first outlet opening and the second inlet opening;
a first impeller pivotally arranged in the first rotor chamber, an outer periphery of the first impeller being arranged corresponding to the first outlet opening;
a second impeller pivotally arranged in the second rotor chamber, and a center of the second impeller being arranged corresponding to the second inlet opening; and
a partition plate is arranged in the pump body, wherein the partition plate includes a first case and a second case that are arranged in the pump body, the first rotor chamber is defined by the first case, and the second rotor chamber is defined by the second case, wherein
the first rotor chamber has a first inlet opening, and
the partition plate at least partially defines a collection tank in the pump body, and the collection tank is in fluid communication with the first inlet opening.
 
10. A pump, comprising:
a cover positioned on a base, and a partition plate positioned between the cover and the base, wherein
the partition plate includes a first case, a second case, and a connecting channel,
a first rotor chamber is defined in the first case and includes a first inlet opening and a first outlet opening,
a second rotor chamber is defined in the second case and includes a second inlet opening and a second outlet opening, and
the first outlet opening and the second inlet opening are in fluid communication with each other via the connecting channel;
a first impeller pivotally arranged in the first rotor chamber and configured to receive working fluid into the first rotor chamber via the first inlet opening and to expel working fluid from the first rotor chamber via the first outlet opening; and
a second impeller pivotally arranged in the second rotor chamber and configured to receive working fluid into the second rotor chamber via the second inlet opening and to expel working fluid out of the second rotor chamber via the second outlet opening, wherein the first and second impellers are coplanar with each other, wherein
a center of the first impeller is arranged corresponding to the first inlet opening, and a peripheral of the first impeller is arranged corresponding to the first outlet opening, and
the cover, the base, and the partition plate at least partially define a collection tank, and wherein the collection tank is in fluid communication with the first rotor chamber via the first inlet opening.