The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2005
Kinji Asamura, Shizuoka, JP;
Satoshi Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Fumito Hirano, Shizuoka, JP;
Emiko Hirano, Legal Representative, Shizuoka, JP;
Kinji Asamura, Shizuoka, JP;
Satoshi Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Fumito Hirano, Shizuoka, JP;
Emiko Hirano, legal representative, Shizuoka, JP;
Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Shizoka, JP;
Abstract
A fuel pump mounting structure has an opening in a side surface or a bottom surface of a fuel tank. A fuel pump assembly including a cylindrical pump body and a filter connected to a suction side of the pump body is accommodated in a space located inside of the opening. A flange section of a housing that encloses the pump body engages an outside surrounding area of the opening. A mounting plate covers the outside of the flange section. The fuel pump assembly is fixed to the opening through the flange section and the mounting plate. The axis of the pump body extends generally parallel to a mounting surface of the mounting plate, and the pump body and the filter overlap each other relative to a position in a direction of the axis. The mounting structure reduces the moment against the mounting plate, reliably supports the fuel pump under a stable condition without requiring a large and rigid construction, and improves the seal with the fuel tank.