Abstract: A fuel supply apparatus mounted in a fuel tank has a fuel pump portion for sucking a fuel stored in the fuel tank and then discharging the fuel to the outside. The fuel supply apparatus includes a harness that is connected with an external power source; a power-sending connector portion a power-sending connector portion that is provided in a harness and has power-sending terminals having respective spring portions, a power-receiving connector portion that is provided in a fuel pump portion and has power-receiving terminals to be connected with the power-sending terminals, respectively, when contact pressure based on elastic force of the spring portions, as elastic portions, is provided thereto, and an insulator that covers at least base portions of the power-receiving terminals and at least parts of the spring portions of the power-sending terminals when the power-receiving terminals are connected with the power-sending terminals.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for measuring a residual amount of fuel in a fuel tank using an ultrasonic sensor that may simplify wirings, may simplify an assembly method, and may respond to contraction or expansion of the tank according to a change in temperature as compared to the conventional apparatus for measuring a residual amount of fuel in a fuel tank using an ultrasonic sensor.

Abstract: A liquid level sensing device and a packing structure are provided. An outer tube fastener is connected to a signal module. A protective soft tube is connected to the outer tube fastener. An end of a double-layer flexible tube is connected to the protective soft tube. The double-layer flexible tube includes a flexible conductive outer tube and a fluorine-containing plastic inner tube coaxially attached in the flexible conductive outer tube. The fluorine-containing plastic inner tube is made of a flexible material. The flexible conductive outer tube is made of a conductive flexible material to form a grounding layer. A sensing module is disposed in the fluorine-containing plastic inner tube. A magnetic floater is assembled outside the double-layer flexible tube. A hanger is connected to another end of the double-layer flexible tube.

Abstract: A fuel sender assembly having a housing, a first positioning mechanism, a second positioning mechanism and a sender unit. The first positioning mechanism contacts an outer surface of the housing and is movable in a first direction relative to the housing. The first positioning mechanism is further configured to retain the sender unit in any one of a plurality of positions relative to the outer surface of the housing. The second positioning mechanism includes a first part and a second part. The first part is attached to the first positioning mechanism. The second part is coupled to the first part such that the second part is movably positionable relative to the first part in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The sender unit is connected to the second part.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an operating fluid container (10) made of thermoplastic material for a motor vehicle and a method for equipping an operating fluid container with a stiffening element (20).

Abstract: A reservoir is located in a fuel tank. The reservoir is in a bottomed tubular shape having a periphery defining an opening. A lid member is located in the fuel tank and mounted to the periphery of the reservoir to close the opening. A pump unit is partially accommodated in the reservoir to discharge fuel stored in the reservoir to an exterior of the fuel tank. The pump unit is located at a position offset from a center axis of the lid member. The pump unit has a projection projected from the lid member to an exterior of the reservoir. A remaining quantity detector is configured to detect a quantity of fuel in the fuel tank. The remaining quantity detector is located at a remaining space remaining in the fuel tank. The remaining space is located on the lid member and located around the projection.

Abstract: Devices for conveying fuel are known having a conveying assembly and a pump holder holding the conveying assembly which has a receptacle for the conveying assembly and a holder connected to the receptacle via three damping elements. The damping elements damp the structure-born noise transmission from the conveying assembly to the adjacent components. The damping elements each have a cantilever section which projects starting from the receptacle into the region of the holder and runs in the radial direction and circumferential direction. The cantilever sections are designed as elastic spring arms, the axial deflection thereof in respect of a pump axis being able to exceed a maximum allowable value by means of external acceleration forces. The mechanical stresses occurring in the spring arms can lead to damage to the spring arms.

Abstract: A support shaft connects between a flange and a pump unit. An intermediate member, which connects between the support shaft and pump unit, enables a relative positional change between the support shaft and the pump unit in an axial direction of the support shaft. The intermediate member limits a relative positional change between the support shaft and the pump unit in a circumferential direction of the support shaft. A resilient member is received in the support shaft and exerts a restoring force in an axial direction of the support shaft to urge the pump unit, which is movable relative to the support shaft in the axial direction, toward a bottom portion of the fuel tank.

Abstract: A fuel pump for LPG (liquefied petroleum gas), may include a main bracket that may be mounted at a fuel tank, an integrated bracket that an end thereof may be fixed to the main bracket, the other end thereof may be extended to an inner side of the fuel tank, and the whole of the bracket may be integrally formed, and a pump unit that may be fixed to the other end of the integrated bracket with a space therebetween so as to pump liquefied fuel to an engine.

Abstract: A support shaft connects between a flange and a pump unit. An intermediate member, which connects between the support shaft and pump unit, enables a relative positional change between the support shaft and the pump unit in an axial direction of the support shaft. The intermediate member limits a relative positional change between the support shaft and the pump unit in a circumferential direction of the support shaft. A resilient member is received in the support shaft and exerts a restoring force in an axial direction of the support shaft to urge the pump unit, which is movable relative to the support shaft in the axial direction, toward a bottom portion of the fuel tank.

Abstract: A lubricant vent structure of a fuel pump for a vehicle, may include a mounting unit mounted to a pumping unit, a plurality of link units having a support link and a stopper restricting a rotatable range of the support link, wherein the plurality of link units is pivotally connected each other in a series by an elastic member respectively and the elastic member elastically supports the support link in the direction of the maximum rotatable range thereof, and a vent tube having an open end fixed to the last support link of the link units and communicating with a lubrication space of the pumping unit of the fuel pump, wherein the support link of the first link of the link units is pivotally fixed to the mounting unit of the fuel pump.

Abstract: A pressure pulsation dampening system for a pump that pressurizes a working fluid. In some embodiments, the dampening system includes a hydraulic cylinder, a valve, and a controller. The hydraulic cylinder has a piston that is movably disposed within a housing and divides the housing into a working fluid chamber and a hydraulic fluid chamber. An outlet of the pump is in fluid communication with the working fluid chamber, and the valve is in fluid communication with the hydraulic fluid chamber. The controller is operable to actuate the valve to a first configuration, wherein pressurized hydraulic fluid is supplied to the hydraulic fluid chamber, and to a second configuration, wherein hydraulic fluid is exhausted from the hydraulic fluid chamber. The piston is movable under fluid pressure, whereby working fluid is relieved from the outlet to the working fluid chamber or supplied to the outlet from the working fluid chamber.

Abstract: A mounting arrangement for a pedal force servomechanism assembly of a motor vehicle structure. The pedal force servomechanism assembly is provided with integrated screw connection points and can be fastened by screws to any vehicle structure in a particular vehicle application. It also provides that a static axial pressing of the components located within the unit, a hydraulic unit and a motor unit, is ensured. A holding plate is positioned between the opposed surfaces of those assembled units, and is provided both with through-holes for attaching the hydraulic unit to the motor unit, as well as with through-holes for attaching the assembly to the vehicle structure of the particular vehicle application. The holding plate is of resilient design in the axial direction in the clamping region between the hydraulic unit and the motor unit.

Abstract: A fuel pump for LPG (liquefied petroleum gas), may include a main bracket that may be mounted at a fuel tank, an integrated bracket that an end thereof may be fixed to the main bracket, the other end thereof may be extended to an inner side of the fuel tank, and the whole of the bracket may be integrally formed, and a pump unit that may be fixed to the other end of the integrated bracket with a space therebetween so as to pump liquefied fuel to an engine.

Abstract: A fuel feed apparatus pumps fuel in a fuel tank to an outside of the fuel tank. The fuel feed apparatus includes a lid member that covers an opening formed in the fuel tank. The lid member includes an outlet passage, through which fuel passes to the outside of the fuel tank. A pump module is accommodated in the fuel tank. The pump module is supported by the lid member. The pump module includes a fuel pump that pumps fuel in the fuel tank to the outside of the fuel tank. A pipe member connects with a pipe connecting portion of the outlet passage and a pipe connecting portion of the pump module. The pipe member introduces fuel discharged from the pump module to the outlet passage. The pipe connecting portion of the outlet passage and the pipe connecting portion of the pump module are substantially perpendicular to an axis of the lid member.

Abstract: A fuel property sensor, which is installed to a fuel tank of a fuel tank assembly, senses a property of fuel at the fuel tank. First and second electrodes of the fuel property sensor are made of an electrically conductive material and are exposed in a fuel flow passage in a housing of the fuel property sensor such that the first and second electrodes are generally parallel to a flow direction of fuel in the fuel flow passage and are spaced from each other by a predetermined distance. The fuel property sensor determines the property of the fuel based on a capacitance, which is generated between the first electrode and the second electrode.

Abstract: Fuel tank comprising a reservoir and a fuel pump sucking fuel out of said reservoir, wherein said reservoir has a low profile and wherein the fuel pump is mounted horizontally or inclined into or onto said low profile reservoir.

Abstract: 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 outboard end. The electric fuel pump is received in the pump chamber such that an inlet end, which includes a fuel inlet, is disposed within the fuel tank adjacent the inboard end of the pump chamber. The outlet end of the fuel pump includes the electrical terminals and is disposed adjacent the outboard end of the pump chamber so that the electrical terminals are accessible outside the fuel pump for connection to an external power source. A hermetic seal is formed between the fuel pump and the chamber wall to prevent vapors from escaping through the pump chamber. The fuel sender assembly permits electrical connections to be made to the fuel pump without requiring wires within the fuel tank.

Abstract: 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 attached to a fuel tank, an inner sleeve into which a column support is inserted, and an outer sleeve located at an outer periphery of the inner sleeve that is integrally formed. A bottom portion of the inner sleeve extends farther on the opposite side of a sub tank than the flange body, and the column support for providing a connection between the sub tank and the flange member has one end press-inserted into the inner sleeve beyond the flange body to a point opposite the sub tank.

Abstract: 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 feed unit can thereby be produced particularly cost-effectively and makes it possible to mount fuel pumps of different power ratings.

Abstract: 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. Moreover, the fuel supply unit includes a chamber movably mounted to the pump module and disposed in a position to receive the suction filter for forming a fuel reservoir around the suction filter. The chamber has a suction pump for sucking fuel in the fuel tank to the fuel reservoir using fuel returned into the fuel tank. Furthermore, the fuel supply unit includes a spring between the pump module and the chamber. The spring biases the chamber toward a lower surface member of the fuel tank so as to maintain the chamber at the lower surface member of the fuel tank.

Abstract: 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 venturi pump activated by flow in the return line from the main tank when pressure in the outlet is exceeded. The main pump is horizontally mounted and preferably electrically-driven. The pump is secured in the holder with side engaging clips.

Abstract: 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 tank portions are assembled together.

Abstract: 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 inserted into the interior of the fuel tank (1) without problems through an opening (3) together with a fuel feed unit (4). This considerably simplifies the fitting of the ejector pump (9) and, in particular, there is no need for another fitting opening in the fuel tank (1) to enable the ejector pump (9) to be fixed.

Abstract: 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 axial direction. The resilient parts thus support the fuel pump resiliently to absorb vibrations of the fuel pump caused in the radial direction, while withstanding the weight of the fuel pump and the reaction force generated upon fuel discharge operation of the fuel pump. The cushioning members are resin-molded unitarily with an inlet-side cover and an outlet-side cover which are fitted in the axial side ends of the fuel pump. The cushioning members have respective engagement parts which are fitted with the sub tank. The sub tank has stoppers which restrict the fuel pump from moving in the axial direction under a condition that the fuel pump is assembled with the sub tank.

Abstract: 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 safety device that connects each fuel flow component to the fuel pump housing for discharging static electricity to ground through the fuel pump housing.

Abstract: 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 device which is arranged outside the reservoir of the delivery unit and which can also be introduced into the tank body through the opening. The measuring device can be introduced into the tank body separately from the delivery unit and is held in its operative position by a holder mounted to the opening. The holder can be in the form of a ring mounted to the edge of the opening.

Abstract: 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) is suspended off the plate with electrical connections (16) to drive the pump. The pump is suspended from the plate by exchangeable spacer device (10). It ensures that the bottom of the pump is near the base of the fuel tank.