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US 12,078,134 B2Granted
Fuel pump and fuel supply 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; a fuel pump housing configured to accommodate the electric motor and the pump stage; and a bracket configured to fasten the fuel pump to a wall. The fuel pump housing includes a plastic first housing part configured to accommodate at least one selected from the group of the electric motor and the pump stage. The first housing part is configured as a single piece with the bracket, the bracket being integral with the first housing part.
Claims12
A fuel pump, comprising
- an electric motor;
- a pump stage drivable by the electric motor;
- a fuel pump housing (8, 10) configured to accommodate the electric motor and the pump stage;
- and
- a bracket (12) configured to fasten the fuel pump (2) to a wall
- wherein:
- the fuel pump housing (8, 10) comprises a first housing part (10) and a second housing part (8), the first housing part (10) being made of plastic and being configured to radially enclose the electric motor and the second housing part (8) being made of plastic and being configured to radially enclose the pump stage and to be a cover for the pump stage,
- the first housing part (10) has a first external diameter and the second housing part (8) has a second external diameter that is smaller than the first external diameter, and
- the first housing part (10) is configured as a single piece with the bracket (12), the bracket being integral with the first housing part (10),
- wherein the bracket (12) axially extends over at least a portion of an axial length of the first housing part (10) and an entire axial length of the second housing part (8) and circumferentially surrounds at least a portion of an outside the second housing part (8).
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