Patent · US Expired

Feeding device for fuel

US6047685A · kind A · utility

16Cited by

9References

6Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Peter Schelhas · Stuttgart, DE
Kurt Frank · Schorndorf, DE
Michael Kuehn · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
Willi Strohl · Beilstein, DE
Albert Gerhard · Tamm, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 16, 1999
Grant date	Apr 11, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 16, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF02M37/50
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A feeding device for fuel having an electric motor, a feed pump which is driven by the electric motor, a filter arranged in a fuel stream of the feed pump, a housing accommodating the electric motor, the feed pump and the filter, a fuel tank for a fuel supply and provided with a tank flange which forms a cover, tubular connections for guiding a fuel stream in a feeding direction and to the tank flange, the tubular connections being composed of an electrically conductive plastic and producing a throughgoing electrical ground connection of all components through which a fuel flows.

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