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Automotive fuel pump with modular pump housing

US5338165A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 25, 1991
Grant dateAug 16, 1994
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Expiry dateNov 25, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04D5/002
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A modular automotive fuel pump includes lower and upper housings, a motor, a rotary pumping element, and a combination clearance land and flow guide which determines the axial clearance between the pump impeller and the pump housing.

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