Visteon Global Technolgoies, Inc.

David Joseph Setsuda

Dequan Yu

Stephen Thomas Kempfer

Norman Nelson Krieger

A fuel sender assembly comprises an in-tank electrical connection to an electric fuel pump that is formed between a socket member and a plug element, in which the plug element includes a terminal that is received in a receptacle in the socket member. The socket element comprises a socket wall that extends about the socket face. The plug element also includes a plug wall that sealingly engages the socket wall to prevent the electrical contact from exposure to fuel vapors within the tank.

Fuel sender assembly

Duct structure (,) is disposed in an engine compartment (,) of an automotive vehicle and comprises a main air passageway (,) that runs from an intake (,) at one end to an outlet (,) at an opposite end. A section of the length of passageway (,) is disposed to run alongside a vertical wall of the casing of a battery (,) that is toward an engine (,). Heat impinging on the duct structure is dissipated to the airflow through the passageway. Various features are integrated with the duct structure including resonators (,), a deflector (,), and a battery enclosure (,) for containment of electrolyte that is accidentally spewed or leaked from the battery casing so that the liquid does not entrain with the intake airflow to the engine.

Storage battery protection by engine air intake system

An engine compartment (,) of an automotive vehicle houses an internal combustion engine (,) having an air intake system (,). The engine compartment also contains a electrical system storage battery (,). A tray (,) has a bottom wall (,) and upright walls (,) forming side-by-side compartments (,) that are open at the top. Fasteners (,) fastening the tray bottom wall at a first (,) of the compartments in a hard mounting to underlying structure of the vehicle that is spaced from the engine. The battery is disposed on the bottom wall in the first compartment. A cap (,) closes the open top of a second (,) of the compartments that adjoins the first compartment and cooperates with the second compartment to form an air box (,). The hard mounting of the battery compartment to the underlying vehicle structure and the cantilevering of the air box to one side attenuates transmission of objectionable air intake noise and vibration frequencies through the vehicle structure.

Storage battery tuning of engine air intake system

Duct structure (22) is disposed in an engine compartment (10) of an automotive vehicle and comprises a main air passageway (32) that runs from an intake (34) at one end to an outlet (36) at an opposite end. A section of the length of passageway (32) is disposed to run alongside a vertical wall of the casing of a battery (24) that is toward an engine (12). Heat impinging on the duct structure is dissipated to the airflow through the passageway. Various features are integrated with the duct structure including resonators (38, 40), a deflector (48), and a battery enclosure (50) for containment of electrolyte that is accidentally spewed or leaked from the battery casing so that the liquid does not entrain with the intake airflow to the engine.

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Farmington Hills, MI, United States of America

David Joseph Setsuda