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US 2017/0284418 A1Published application
Fuel pump assembly with removable supports
AssigneeWalbro Corporation
InventorsJeffrey D. Hanby, Kevin L. Israelson, Douglas W. Salowitz, JR., Roger N. Smith, David L. Speirs
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Abstract
An in-tank fuel pump assembly may have a mounting flange with a plurality of first couplings, a fuel pump, a carrier connected to the fuel pump, a plurality of second couplings on at least one of the carrier and the fuel pump, and a plurality of supports each connected to one or the first and second couplings to locate the pump relative to the mounting flange.
Claims10
A fuel pump assembly, comprising:
- a mounting flange including multiple first coupling features;
- a fuel pump supported by the mounting flange;
- a carrier coupled to the fuel pump and to the mounting flange;
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- supports coupled between the mounting flange and at least one of the carrier and the fuel pump, wherein at least one of the carrier and fuel pump includes second coupling features and the supports are coupled to both the first coupling features and the second coupling features to locate the fuel pump relative to the mounting flange.
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