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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2003
Applicants:
Christian Herbers, Utica, MI (US);
Brian J. Pike, Oxford, MI (US);
Inventors:
Christian Herbers, Utica, MI (US);
Brian J. Pike, Oxford, MI (US);
Assignee:
Siemens VDO Automotive Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B023/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fuel supply unitincludes a fuel reservoirfor holding fuel, a fuel pumpwithin the reservoir for pumping fuel from the reservoir, a jet pump assemblywithin the reservoir for drawing fuel from a fuel tank into the reservoir, and a gasketoperatively coupled with a portion of the jet pump assembly and disposed between the portion of the jet pump assembly and an interior surface of the reservoir so as to decouple the jet pump assembly from the reservoir.