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US 2009/0020162 A1Published application
Auxiliary side hose connection for dual chamber fuel tank
AssigneeSiemens VDO Automotive Corporation
InventorsMatthias Nederegger, Hugo Ritzenthaler
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Abstract
A hose connection (51) includes mounting structure (32) and suction structure (46) having an axis (B). The suction structure is mounted to the mounting structure such that the suction structure can rotate with respect to the mounting structure about the axis. The hose connection includes a hose (26′) coupled to the suction structure.
Claims21
A hose connection comprising:
- mounting structure,
- suction structure having an axis, the suction structure being mounted to the mounting structure such that the suction structure can rotate with respect to the mounting structure about the axis, and
- a hose coupled to the suction structure.
The hose connection of claim 2, in combination with the auxiliary portion of the fuel tank, the suction structure engaging a bottom of the auxiliary portion of the fuel tank.
A fuel supply system comprising:
- a fuel tank having a primary portion and an auxiliary portion,
- a fuel pump assembly in the primary portion, the fuel pump assembly including a jet pump,
- mounting structure in the auxiliary portion,
- suction structure having an axis, the suction structure being mounted to the mounting structure such that the suction structure can rotate, with respect to the mounting structure, about the axis, and
- a hose coupled at one end to suction structure and coupled at another end to the jet pump such that fuel in the auxiliary portion of the fuel tank can be drawn by the jet pump through the suction structure and hose to the primary portion of the fuel tank.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.