Patent attributes
An electric pump includes a pump body, a sensorless brushless motor, and a control portion controlling the motor to perform a constant current control and a constant voltage control to discharge a necessary discharge amount of an operation fluid from the pump body, the control portion controlling the motor to switch from the constant current control to the constant voltage control at a predetermined temperature of the operation fluid and at a predetermined motor applied voltage. The control portion controls the motor to switch from the constant current control to the constant voltage control at a motor applied voltage which is higher than the predetermined motor applied voltage when a temperature of the operation fluid is lower than the predetermined temperature to discharge the necessary discharge amount of the operation fluid from the pump body.