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Fuel pump module including a reservoir with multiple walls

US8464693B2 · kind B2 · utility

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12References

20Claims

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Assignees

DENSO International America, Inc. · US
DENSO CORPORATION · JP

Inventors

Patrick Powell · Farmington Hills, US
Kishore Tammineedi · Farmington Hills, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 31, 2011
Grant date	Jun 18, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 23, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T137/86212
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A fuel pump module including a reservoir and a sender gauge. The reservoir includes an outer wall, an inner wall spaced radially inward from the outer wall, a floor connecting the inner and outer walls, and N sets of supports fixed to the floor and disposed between the inner and outer walls and around the inner wall. The sender gauge is supported and retained by one of the N sets of supports, wherein N is an integer greater than one.

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