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US 8,464,693 B2Granted
Fuel pump module including a reservoir with multiple walls
AssigneesDENSO International America, Inc., Denso Corporation
InventorsPatrick Powell, Kishore Tammineedi
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Abstract
A fuel pump module including a reservoir and a sender gauge. The reservoir includes an outer wall, an inner wall spaced radially inward from the outer wall, a floor connecting the inner and outer walls, and N sets of supports fixed to the floor and disposed between the inner and outer walls and around the inner wall. The sender gauge is supported and retained by one of the N sets of supports, wherein N is an integer greater than one.
Claims20
A fuel pump module, comprising:
- a reservoir including an outer wall, an inner wall spaced radially inward from the outer wall, a floor connecting the inner and outer walls, and N sets of supports fixed to the floor and disposed between the inner and outer walls and around the inner wall;
- and
- a sender gauge supported and retained by one of the N sets of supports, wherein N is an integer greater than one.
A fuel pump module, comprising:
- a reservoir including an outer wall, an inner wall spaced radially inward from the outer wall, a floor connecting the inner and outer walls, and N sets of supports fixed to the floor and disposed between the inner and outer walls around the inner wall, wherein N is an integer greater than one;
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- a sender gauge including a horizontal rod at a lower end of the sender gauge and an L-shaped bracket adjacent to an upper end of the sender gauge, wherein the L-shaped bracket is wrapped around a top edge of the inner wall and the inner wall includes flanges engaging sides of the L-shaped bracket, the supports defining slots that support and retain the horizontal rod using a snap fit.
A reservoir for a fuel pump module, comprising:
- an outer wall extending around a perimeter of the reservoir;
- an inner wall spaced radially inward from the outer wall;
- and
- N sets of supports disposed between the inner and outer walls and around the inner wall, wherein N is an integer greater than one.
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