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US 6,640,831 B2Granted
Valve for a fuel delivery unit
AssigneeMannesmann VDO AG
InventorsPeter Marx, Wilfried Möller, Jürgen Schaffert, Johannes Deichmann, Jörg Deubner
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Abstract
A valve for a fuel delivery unit has a counterholder pressed into a housing. A spring is supported on the counterholder and is intended for prestressing a closing part against a valve seat. The valve according to the invention can be fitted in a particularly simple manner.
Claims8
A valve for a fuel delivery unit, comprising:
- a housing having a valve seat;
- a closing part arranged in said housing and movable against said valve seat;
- a counterholder connected to said housing;
- latching means comprising pan-shaped regions for supporting said counterholder in said housing;
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- a spring supported on said counterholder and arranged for prestressing said closing part relative to said valve seat, wherein said counterholder comprises a ball having a diameter that is larger than a diameter of said closing part and a diameter of said spring.
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A valve for a fuel delivery unit, comprising:
- a housing having a valve seat;
- a closing part movable against said valve seat;
- a counterholder comprising a ball inserted in said housing;
- latching means comprising pan-shaped regions for supporting said counterholder in said housing;
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- a spring arranged in said housing and supported against said counterholder for prestressing said closing part relative to said valve seat, said ball having an outermost circumference covering said spring and said closing part arranged therebelow such that no part of said spring and closing part projects beyond an area defined by said circumference.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.