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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Randall Lee Dockery, Flushing, MI (US);
Dale M. Pickelman, Saginaw, MI (US);
Mitchal A. Peterson, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
David Edward Harris, Birch Run, MI (US);
Bruce Albert Kuehnemund, Flushing, MI (US);
Assignee:
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 3/505 ; B01D 3/5027 ; F02M 3/710 ; F02M 3/722 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 3/505 ; B01D 3/5027 ; F02M 3/710 ; F02M 3/722 ;
Abstract
A floated fuel strainer assembly for a fuel tank in a vehicle includes a strainer adapted to be connected to an inlet of either one of a fuel pump and fuel reservoir disposed in the fuel tank. The floated fuel strainer assembly also includes a float connected to the strainer to elevate the strainer off a bottom of the fuel tank as a fuel level rises in the fuel tank.