Transfer case pump bracket
AssigneeAdapt-A-Case, LLC
InventorMichael T Black
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Abstract
The transfer case pump bracket for use with a fluid pump in a transfer case of a vehicle is at least partially received within a pump cavity between the transfer case and the fluid pump. The transfer case pump bracket comprises a base member and one or more support members extending from the base member. The base member is configured to be positioned between the fluid pump and the transfer case when the fluid pump is assembled to the transfer case with the support members being adapted to be received within an indent portion of the pump cavity to at least partially inhibit the fluid pump from contacting the transfer case proximate the indent portion of the pump cavity.
Claims17
A bracket for use with a fluid pump in a transfer case of a vehicle, the fluid pump being at least partially received within a pump cavity of the transfer case housing, said bracket comprising:
- a base member, said base member to contacting an exterior surface of the fluid pump and being positioned between the fluid pump and the transfer case housing when the fluid pump is assembled into the pump cavity of the transfer case housing;
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- at least one support member extending from said base member, said at least one support member including a tab member, said tab member being generally coplanar with said base member and being received within an indent portion of the pump cavity when said bracket is installed within the pump cavity;
- said at least one support member at least partially inhibiting the fluid pump from contacting the transfer case housing proximate the indent portion of the pump cavity.
A bracket for use with a fluid pump in a transfer case of a vehicle, the fluid pump being at least partially received within a pump cavity of the transfer case housing, said bracket comprising:
- a base member, said base member being generally ring shaped and including a generally circular outer perimeter, said base member contacting an exterior surface of the fluid pump and being positioned between the fluid pump and the transfer case housing when the fluid pump is assembled into the pump cavity of the transfer case housing;
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- a plurality of support members extending from said base member, each said support member including a tab member and a wall member with said tab members extending radially outwardly from said outer perimeter of said base member and said wall members being oriented generally perpendicular relative to said tab members, and with each said support member being received within separate indent portions of the pump cavity;
- said support members at least partially inhibiting lug portions of the fluid pump from contacting the transfer case housing proximate the indent portions of the pump cavity.
A bracket in combination with a fluid pump in a transfer case of a vehicle comprising:
- a transfer case fluid pump, said fluid pump being at least partially received within a pump cavity of a transfer case housing when said fluid pump is assembled into the pump cavity;
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- a bracket, said bracket comprising a base member and a support member, said base member contacting an exterior surface of said fluid pump and to being positioned between said fluid pump and the transfer case housing when said fluid pump is assembled into the pump cavity of the transfer case housing;
- said support member extending generally radially outwardly from said base member and being received within an indent portion of the pump cavity when said bracket is installed within the pump cavity;
- said support member to at least partially inhibiting said fluid pump from contacting the transfer case housing proximate the indent portion of the pump cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.