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US 11,313,333 B2Granted
Fuel pump and fuel delivery unit
AssigneeVitesco Technologies GmbH
InventorsDirk Becker, Michael Bämpfer, Jens Missun, Marc Völker
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Abstract
A fuel pump includes: an electric motor; a pump stage drivable by the electric motor; and a fuel pump housing configured to accommodate the electric motor and the pump stage. The fuel pump housing has a first housing part configured to accommodate the electric motor and a second housing part configured to accommodate the pump stage. One or both of the first housing part and the second housing part are made of a conductive plastic adapted to dissipate static charges to a ground potential.
Claims9
A fuel pump, comprising:
- an electric motor (4);
- a pump stage (6) drivable by the electric motor (4);
- and
- a fuel pump housing (8, 9, 10) configured to accommodate the electric motor (4) and the pump stage (6),
- wherein the fuel pump housing (8, 9, 10) comprises:
- a first housing part (10) configured to accommodate the electric motor (4), the first housing part (10) being made of a conductive plastic adapted to dissipate static charges to a ground potential;
- and
- a second housing part (8, 9) configured to accommodate the pump stage (6) and being made of the conductive plastic.
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