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US 8,616,184 B2Granted
Fuel pump module including a reservoir having multiple zones
AssigneesDENSO International America, Inc., Denso Corporation
InventorPatrick Powell
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Abstract
A fuel pump module includes a reservoir and a sender gauge. The reservoir includes an outer wall, an inner wall spaced radially inward from the outer wall, and through-hole sockets spaced around a perimeter of the reservoir to define N zones between the inner and outer walls, where N is an integer greater than one. The sender gauge is mounted to the reservoir in one of the N zones.
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A fuel pump module, comprising:
- a reservoir including
- an outer wall, an inner wall spaced radially inward from the outer wall, and
- at least three through-hole sockets spaced around a perimeter of the reservoir to define at least three zones between the inner and outer walls;
- a sender gauge mounted to the reservoir and configured to be contained in any one of the at least three zones.
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A fuel pump module, comprising:
- a reservoir configured to contain fuel, the reservoir including an outer wall, an inner wall spaced radially inward from the outer wall, sockets spaced around a perimeter of the reservoir to define at least three zones between the inner wall and the outer wall, and supports disposed in each of the at least three zones;
- and
- 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, wherein
- the sender gauge is mounted to the reservoir and configured to be contained in any one of the at least three zones.
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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
- sockets disposed around the perimeter of the reservoir along the outer wall and defining at least three zones between the inner wall and the outer wall, wherein
- the sender gauge is mounted to the reservoir and configured to be contained in any one of the at least three zones.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.