Method and apparatus for blocking fluid and fluid vapors
AssigneeClements Manufacturing Company, Inc.
InventorsGEORGE J. TILLI, HAROLD H. ZAIMA, JOHN NYE
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for blocking fluid and fluid vapors having a connecting member to connect a set of wires passing through bores formed in a plug body. Each wire having been cut, stripped of insulation and attached to the connecting member within the bores to create a consistent, solid barrier while maintaining the electrical integrity of the connection. The connection assembly and a portion of the insulation is then overmolded with an appropriate fluid resistant material or plastic resin which further interrupts and eliminates fluid leakage and fluid vapor migration.
Claims24
In a motor vehicle having a fuel delivery system including an electric fuel pump mounted in a fuel tank, the improvement comprising an apparatus for blocking fluid and fluid vapors including:
- a plug body adapted to be fitted into the fuel tank having at least one bore formed therethrough;
- a first electrical wire extending into said at least one bore formed in said plug body;
- a second electrical wire extending into said at least one bore formed in said plug body;
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- means for connecting said first electrical wire and said second electrical wire together such that fluid leakage and fluid vapor migration is eliminated.
An apparatus for blocking fluid and fluid vapors comprising:
- a plug body having a plurality of bores formed therethrough;
- a plurality of first electrical wires extending into one of said corresponding plurality of bores formed in said plug body;
- a plurality of second electrical wires extending into one of said corresponding plurality of bores formed in said plug body;
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- a plurality of connecting members used for connecting each of said plurality of first electrical wires and each of said plurality of second electrical wires together such that fluid leakage and fluid vapor migration is prohibited.
A method of blocking fluid and fluid vapors, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a plug body having a plurality of bores formed therethrough;
- extending at least one of a plurality of first electrical wires into one of said corresponding plurality of bores formed in said plug body;
- extending at least one of a plurality of second electrical wires into one of said corresponding plurality of bores formed in said plug body;
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- connecting each of said plurality of first electrical wires and each of said plurality of second electrical wires together such that fluid leakage and fluid vapor migration is prohibited.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.