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Motor-driven fuel pump

US5053664A · kind A · utility

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6References
16Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 21, 1989
Grant dateOct 1, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 21, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02K29/08
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A motor-driven fuel pump including a brushless motor; a motor housing for enclosing the brushless motor; and a pump section adapted to be driven by the brushless motor for sucking a fuel and pumping the same into the motor housing. The brushless motor includes a stator fixed to an inner circumference of the motor housing; a rotor assembly adapted to be rotated by supplying current to the stator, which rotor assembly includes a motor shaft, a rotor mounted to the motor shaft a rotor cover mounted to one end of the rotor magnet on the side of the pump section, a timing rotor mounted to the other end of the rotor magnet, and a sensor magnet mounted to an end of the timing rotor on the side opposite to the rotor magnet; an end cover mounted at an inlet end of the brushless motor; a motor shaft bearing mounted in the end cover for rotatably supporting the motor shaft; and a timing rotor bearing interposed between an outer circumference of the timing rotor and the inner circumference of the motor housing for rotatably supporting the timing rotor.

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