Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
150 words
A housing to support the casing of a driven pump for supplying a coolant medium to the engine block of an internal combustion engine, said housing comprising a pump-mounting flange section to support said casing of a driven pump, chamber walls defining a pump impeller chamber extending from said pump-mounting flange section, two diverging leg sections extending in a generally radial direction from said chamber walls, each leg section defining an internal duct communicating with said impeller chamber for discharging a coolant medium therefrom, and two flanged housing support sections each having a coolant discharge cavity communicating with the duct in one of said radially-extending leg sections, both of the said pump-mounting flange sections and the said chamber walls being spaced from said two flanged housing support sections to substantially expose the engine block when supported thereby for access thereto below the chamber walls and between said diverging leg sections.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
150 words
A housing to support the casing of a driven pump for supplying a coolant medium to the engine block of an internal combustion engine, said housing comprising a pump-mounting flange section to support said casing of a driven pump, chamber walls defining a pump impeller chamber extending from said pump-mounting flange section, two diverging leg sections extending in a generally radial direction from said chamber walls, each leg section defining an internal duct communicating with said impeller chamber for discharging a coolant medium therefrom, and two flanged housing support sections each having a coolant discharge cavity communicating with the duct in one of said radially-extending leg sections, both of the said pump-mounting flange sections and the said chamber walls being spaced from said two flanged housing support sections to substantially expose the engine block when supported thereby for access thereto below the chamber walls and between said diverging leg sections.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
The housing according to claim 1 further comprising a support arm section joined by a web section to at least said chamber walls, said support arm section including upstanding and spaced-apart leg members to form an attachment bracket.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
46 words
The housing according to claim 1 further comprising two support arm sections laterally spaced by web sections each extending from at least said chamber walls, said support arm sections having upstanding and spaced-apart leg members forming attachment brackkets at opposite sides of said pump impeller chamber.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
36 words
The housing according to claim 2 or 3 further comprising a support bracket section extending from one of said two flanged-housing support sections in a direction which is opposite the other of the flanged-housing support sections.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
56 words
The housing according to claim 1 wherein said pump-mounting flange section includes a generally circular flanged-wall section having a center corresponding to the rotational axis of said driven pump, said center being spaced by a distance of between 3 to 5 inches from a line intersecting the coolant discharge cavities of said two flanged-housing support sections.