Trico Group, LLC

Federal-mogul World Wide, Inc.

Mike McKee

Robert Soreo

Lindsey Tufts, Jr

Ryan Gernheuser

Richard A Herring

Richard Stibbe

Brian Fisher

Deborah Herring, Legal Representative

A pump assembly for a fluid tank extends along a longitudinal axis and includes a cover at an external end, the cover including a flange that extends radially outward of the longitudinal axis, an insertable end opposite the external end along the longitudinal axis, and a rotatable arm that is flexible such that, when the rotatable arm is resiliently bent such that the rotatable arm has a radial extent, from the longitudinal axis, that is less than the flange, the sender assembly is in a compact state in which the insertable end and the flange would be able to move straight along the longitudinal axis, which is coaxial with a center axis of an opening of the fluid tank, from a position where the insertable end initially enters the opening to a position where the flange engages the fluid tank.

Fuel pump assembly

A sender assembly that has a compact state, which may allow a pump assembly including the sender assembly to be easily inserted into an opening of a fluid tank. For example, the pump assembly may be insertable into the opening of the fluid tank while a longitudinal axis of the pump assembly remains coaxial with the opening. When in the compact state a rotatable arm and a float of the sender assembly may be entirely within or deformable to be within a predetermined envelope that has a radial extent less than the opening of the fluid tank to allow the sender assembly to be inserted straight into the opening. The predetermined envelope may be coaxial with the longitudinal axis and have a cross-section transverse to the longitudinal axis that matches the opening of the tank.

A flat blade windshield wiper blade () has a naturally elongated curve with a delicate wiper element () to be protected during shipping and display for retail sales purposes. A protective package () surrounds the wiper (). The package () is made from a single piece of sheet stock and includes a flexible, outwardly bowed front panel (), a back panel (), and opposing left () and right () side panels adjoining respective sides of the front () and back () panels. Top () and bottom () end flaps extend between the front () and back () panels for forcing the front () panel to form in a generally semi-cylindrical configuration bowed outwardly relative to the back panel (). The wiper () is disposed in a shipping condition in the package (), with a connector () feature of the wiper () bearing in direct pressing contact with the bowed front panel (). The wiper element () is completely isolated from contacting the package () by wedging other portions of the wiper () in three discrete regions of direct contact against the bowed front panel () and three discrete regions of direct contact against the back panel ().

Contour flat blade packaging design

Package for a windshield wiper

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