US 11,953,014 B2
Integrated water pump and valve device
Kyung Hwan Kim, Incheon (KR); Chang Hyun Park, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Jae Sung Bae, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to GMB KOREA CORP., Gyeongsangnam-Do (KR)
Appl. No. 18/276,184
Filed by GMB KOREA CORP., Gyeongsangnam-do (KR)
PCT Filed Feb. 9, 2022, PCT No. PCT/KR2022/001978
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 7, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/173219, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 18, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0018477 (KR), filed on Feb. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0035477 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. F04D 15/00 (2006.01); F04D 29/42 (2006.01)
CPC F04D 15/0005 (2013.01) [F04D 29/426 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An integrated water pump and valve device comprising:
a pump module configured to pump a coolant to allow the coolant to flow;
a valve module disposed at a lateral side of the pump module, connected to the pump module to allow the coolant to flow, and configured to switch a flow direction of the coolant to one or more paths; and
a control module configured to cover the pump module and the valve module and control a pumping operation of the pump module and a flow direction switching operation of the valve module.