Fuel delivery unit
AssigneeKautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG
InventorRüdiger Walter
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Abstract
A fuel delivery unit includes an installation holder accommodating at least a first reservoir with a fuel pump arranged therein, a fuel filter and a cover closure for a fitting opening in a fuel tank. The fuel delivery unit additionally includes a second reservoir which in the installation position is disposed beside the first reservoir and communicates therewith. The first and second reservoirs are accommodated by the installation holder displaceably and/or pivotably relative to each other at least between a fitting configuration and an installation configuration. At least one reservoir at least in the installation configuration is arranged at least partly outside the projected area of the cover closure in the tank.
Claims26
A fuel delivery unit including
- an installation holder,
- bracing means on the installation holder for bracing the unit in relation to the bottom of a tank in which the fuel delivery unit is to be fitted,
- at least one first reservoir on the installation holder,
- a fuel pump in the first reservoir,
- a cover closure for a fitting opening in the fuel tank,
- a second reservoir on the installation holder,
- communication means providing a flow communication of the first and second reservoirs with each other, and
- support means mounting the first and second reservoirs to the installation holder in movable relationship at least between a fitting configuration for fitting the unit through said fitting opening into the fuel tank and an installation configuration in which the unit is installed within the tank while retaining the axial orientation, the second reservoir in the installation position being beside the first reservoir,
- at least one reservoir being arranged when in the tank at least in the installation configuration at least partly outside the projected area of the cover closure.
A fuel delivery unit for fitting in a fuel tank, including
- a first reservoir,
- a fuel pump in the first reservoir,
- a second reservoir,
- a cover closure on the second reservoir for closing a fitting opening in the fuel tank after the unit has been introduced thereinto,
- means for a fuel flow communication of the first and second reservoirs with each other,
- an installation holder,
- means mounting the first and second reservoirs to the installation holder displaceably relative to each other between a fitting configuration for introducing the unit into the fuel tank through the fitting opening and an installation configuration, while retaining the axial orientation of the unit, and
- means operable to brace the unit in its installed position in the tank,
- wherein at least one reservoir is arranged in the tank at least in the installation configuration at least partly outside the projected area of the cover closure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.