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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1993
Kirk D Fournier, Essexville, MI (US);
Ronald B Kuenzli, Deford, MI (US);
Charles H Tuckey, Cass City, MI (US);
Walbro Corporation, Cass City, MI (US);
Abstract
A gear rotor fuel pump having a gear rotor pump assembly received on a cantilever bearing in an end cap of the pump and an armature journalled for rotation at one end in the bearing while being rotatably unsupported at its other end for preventing bearing misalignment and reducing pump noise. The end cap preferably carries a bellows modulator for reducing pump noise by reducing the amplitude of fuel pressure pulses transmitted to the bellows from the pump assembly through a port in the end cap. To further reduce noise, the end cap preferably has at least one cavity for receiving compressible gas therein to further absorb the pressure pulses as well as noise generated by turbulent fuel flow at a pump inlet. Preferably, the end cap has an interior locator surface which abuts the pump assembly and a locator groove which are both preferably machined relative to the bearing axis so that the pump assembly and armature are accurately axially and radially located in the pump to reduce pump noise while increasing performance, reliability, accuracy and repeatability in the mass production of the pump.