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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7237538 | Modular fuel delivery assembly A modular fuel delivery assembly for a fuel tank of a vehicle includes a mounting flange, a common support member adjustably engaged with the mounting flange, and a plurality of accessories attached to the common support member. ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7108487 | Fuel supply system installed inside fuel tank A fuel supply system has a cover, a pump unit, and metal pipes. The cover and the pump unit are connected through the use of the metal pipes so as to be moved relatively each other. A case cover, covering the pump unit, has supporting portions, each of which has a t... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6948511 | Fuel tank and a method of manufacturing it A fuel tank comprises a shell made by assembling together at least two tank portions each made by molding a thermoplastic material and, when assembled together, defining the inside surface of the tank. The tank has a fuel pump fixed to its inside surface before the ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6923164 | Fuel supply apparatus A fuel supply apparatus capable of following the positional variations of the bottom side of a fuel tank through a simple construction and improved in terms of ease of assembly in the fuel tank. The apparatus includes a fuel pump body in which a filter-integrated pu... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6675778 | Fuel sender assembly A fuel sender assembly comprises an electric fuel pump held in a mounting plate which is, in turn, mounted in a fuel tank, such as an automotive fuel tank. The mounting plate includes a chamber wall that defines a pump chamber having an inboard end and an... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6604511 | Fuel supply apparatus A fuel supply apparatus in which, even if a column support receiving region of a supporting member is broken, the breakage is prevented from reaching both surfaces of the supporting member. A flange member includes a circular plate-shaped flange body atta... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6450150 | Feed unit to be arranged in a fuel tank A fuel feed unit includes a spring element for holding a fuel pump arranged so as to be longitudinally displaceable within a receiving part. The fuel pump is held radially by the spring element and is prestressed axially against a holding element. The fee... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6439205 | Fuel supply unit A fuel supply unit includes a pump module in a fuel tank. The pump module has a cover member, a fuel pump, a fuel filter, and a suction filter. The fuel pump, the fuel filter and the suction filter are mounted on a lower portion of the cover member. Moreo... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6422266 | Liquid transferring assembly, in particular for fuel additive The assembly comprises a module supported in the reservoir by side plate, with outlet to fuel tank, return inlet and electrical power socket. The module housing, with end cap, forms an intermediate reservoir for the liquid, which is collected there by the... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6314995 | Fuel tank A fuel tank (1) has an ejector pump (9) arranged inside it. This ejector pump (9) is preloaded against an inner wall (10) of the fuel tank (1) by means of a flexurally elastic supporting arm (8) and is thus fixed. This allows the ejector pump (9) to be in... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6216734 | Rotary device support structure for fuel supply apparatus In a fuel supply apparatus for vehicles, a fuel pump is supported in a sub tank through cushioning members. Each cushioning member includes a plurality of resilient parts having a wavy shape in cross section in a radial direction and a plate width in an a... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6206035 | Safety device for a fuel tank A safety system for use in a motor vehicle fuel system in which fuel flow components generate electrostatic charges. The system includes a fuel pump that has a housing that is electrically connected to ground potential and an electrically conductive safet... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6192869 | Fuel tank with filling level measurement A fuel tank has a delivery unit which is arranged within the tank body and which has a reservoir. The delivery unit can be introduced into the tank body through a closable opening in the wall thereof. The tank further includes a filling level measuring de... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192918 | Pressure vessel assembly The pressure vessel (1) forming the fuel tank has an opening (22) with a flange (3) to accept a flanged accessories plate (4) as a lid. A plate has a fuel outlet (12), a fuel return (13), a blow-off safety valve (15) and a filling line. A fuel pump (11) i... | 02/27/2001 |
| 4798522 | Joint structure for fluid supply pump and fluid supply pipe A joint structure has a fuel supply pump disposed within a fuel tank in a vertical posture, and a fuel outlet pipe projecting from the upper end surface of the fuel supply pump. A cylindrical retaining member is fitted around the fuel outlet pipe and an O... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4790185 | Fuel sender mount A fuel sender mount comprises a support rod, a mounting plate secured at one end of the support rod and bolted to the top wall of the fuel tank, a carriage slideably mounted to the support rod and secured to the fuel sender housing and a spring for resili... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4780063 | Vehicle fuel pump having a noise-reduction jacket An electric in-tank fuel pump for vehicles which is provided with a noise-reduction jacket of relative soft material spaced from the pump housing by internal projections on the jacket which contact the pump housing. An extended skirt on one embodiment ser... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4706707 | Fuel inlet assembly A combination fuel delivery, pick-up and fuel level sensor of the type including conduits at least one of which is formed in a helix configuration so as to locate and bias the inlet closely adjacent the fuel tank bottom irrespective of differences in the ... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4694857 | Fuel sender unit A fuel sender unit is provided for delivering fuel from a conventional fuel tank that may have a resilient bottom wall of the type that deflects under a fuel load. The fuel sender unit includes a support fixture mounted on the fuel tank, a sending unit wi... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4590964 | Noise isolation for a fuel system An electric motor driven fuel pump is mounted in a fuel tank with noise isolators to decouple the fuel pump and the fuel lines from the fuel tank and the vehicle body structure. The fuel discharge line is isolated from the pump discharge passage by an ela... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4221547 | Resilient mount for dishwasher motor and pump assembly The mounting for a motor-pump housing in the bottom opening of a dishwasher chamber consisting of a one-piece elastomer sleeve formed by a large diameter radially outwardly directed top gasket portion, a frusto-conical medial portion and a smaller diamete... | 09/09/1980 |
