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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert Duane Gaston, Greencastle, IN (US);
Mark Edward Hipp, South Lyon, MI (US);
Dequan Yu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Tech., Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 1/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 1/04 ;
Abstract
A fuel pump assembly,including a motor,, a drive shaft,which is rotatably coupled to motor,, an impeller,, and a chamber assembly,. Fuel pump assembly,has improved efficiency due to the substantial reduction and/or elimination of frictional contact between impeller,and the respective interior surfaces,of chamber