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US 10,330,056 B2Granted
Fuel pump controller integrated with air filter
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsChang Han Kim, Jong Ki Kim, Jae Min Lee
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Abstract
A fuel pump controller having an integrated air filter includes: a mounting plate fixed to a fuel tank; a motor driver provided on the mounting plate; an air filter having a filter sheet disposed inside a filter case to remove a foreign substance from air and having an air inlet port for air introduction; and an air outlet port for discharging the air, which has passed through the filter sheet. The filter case is integrally disposed on the mounting plate to enable heat exchange between the air passing therethrough and the motor driver.
Claims11
A fuel pump controller comprising:
- a mounting plate fixed to a fuel tank;
- a motor driver, which is configured to drive a fuel pump, disposed on the mounting plate;
- and
- an air filter including:
- a filter sheet inside a filter case to remove a foreign substance from air;
- an air inlet port for introduction of the air into the filter case;
- and
- an air outlet port for discharge of the air, which has passed through the filter sheet in the filter case to remove the foreign substance,
- wherein the mounting plate includes an accommodating portion in which the motor driver is accommodated,
- wherein at least a portion of the mounting plate includes a boundary which separates an inner space of the filter case from an inner space of the accommodating portion, and
- wherein the filter case is integrally disposed on the mounting plate to enable heat exchange between the air passing through the filter case and the motor driver through the boundary of the mounting plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.