Delivery unit with fuel tank level transmitter

• US 5,522,425 A
• Filed: 10/28/1994
• Issued: 06/04/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
• Original Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
• Inventors: Kroiss, Hugo, Tuschl, Guenther
• Primary Examiner(s): CHAMBERS, A MICHAEL
• Application Number:
  US08/330,937
• Time in Patent Office: 585 Days
• Field of Search: 123/509, 123/514, 137/573, 137/574, 137/590, 137/565
• US Class Current: 137/590
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 37/106 the pump being installed in a sub-tank
• CPC Class Codes: F16F 1/377 having holes or openings F16F1/37 , F16F1/387 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16F 2236/025 radial flexion of ring-type springs
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 23/32 using rotatable arms or other pivotable transmission elements
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 23/36 using electrically actuated indicating means G01F23/38 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/86035 Combined with fluid receiver
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/86212 Plural compartments formed by baffles
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/86348 Tank with internally extending flow guide, pipe or conduit

Abstract

A delivery unit has a level transmitter in which it is possible that angular deviations of the flange and/or of the bottom of the fuel tank from the desired position have no no effect on the measuring precision of the level transmitter arranged on the delivery unit. The connection between the flange and the pump holder is longitudinally movable and rotatable, and the lower end of the pump holder can be centered in a swivellable manner on a bottom of the fuel tank or of a baffle pot.

Claims

1. A delivery unit having a level transmitter for installation in a fuel tank, comprising a connection between a flange and a pump holder and provided with a spring against whose force the flange and the pump carrier are movable in a longitudinal direction of the delivery unit, wherein the connection between the flange and the pump holder is configured to be longitudinally movable and rotatable, and a lower end of the pump holder is form-lockingly arranged so as to swivellably centerable on a bottom of one of the fuel tank and of a baffle pot.

2. The delivery unit according to claim 1, wherein a one-piece housing section constitutes a transition between the flange and the pump holder, which housing section is elastically configured at least in the longitudinal direction so as to be longitudinally displaceable and is also rotatable.

3. The delivery unit according to claim 2, wherein the housing section has offset recesses.

4. The delivery unit according to claim 3, wherein the recesses have an oblong shape in the form of one of a rectangular or rhombus and are aligned in a longitudinal direction thereof approximately parallel to a circumference of the housing section.

5. The delivery unit according to claim 3, wherein the recesses are arranged at the same level in rows behind one another at regular spacing with respect to one another, and at least several of the rows are arranged below one another in an angularly offset manner.

6. The delivery unit according to claim 5, wherein the recesses have an oblong shape in the form of one of a rectangular or rhombic and are aligned in a longitudinal direction thereof approximately parallel to a circumference of the housing section.

7. The delivery unit according to claim 1, wherein the connection between the flange and the pump holder comprises at least one pin guided in a correspondingly longitudinal groove in a longitudinally displaceable manner and rotatably arranged at least about a longitudinal axis of the pin.

8. The delivery unit according to claim 7, wherein the at least one pin is arranged on a spherical elevation such that the flange is swivellable relative to the pump holder perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the at least one pin.

9. The delivery unit according to claim 1, wherein a projection on the flange is configured as a closed and open profile into or about which an open or closed profile constructed on an upper end of the pump holder is guided in the longitudinally slidable and rotatable manner.

10. The delivery unit according to claim 1, wherein the lower end of the pump holder is configured as a supporting foot and is supported in a form-locking manner on one of the bottom of the fuel tank and on a correspondingly constructed lateral wall of the baffle pot.

11. The delivery unit according to claim 10, wherein the lower end of the pump holder is of rounded configuration.

12. The delivery unit according to claim 10, wherein the lower end of the pump holder is semicircular in side view and wedge-shaped in top view, and one of the lateral wall of the baffle pot and a centering constructed on the bottom of the fuel tank is configured to the lower end of the pump holder such that the lower end is guided in a swivellable manner.

13. The delivery unit according to claim 1, wherein a baffle pot is formed in the lower end of the pump holder, and the baffle pot is guided on the bottom of the fuel tank in a swivellable manner.

14. The delivery unit according to claim 13, wherein a one-piece housing section constitutes a transition between the flange and the pump holder, which housing section is elastically configured at least in the longitudinal direction so as to be longitudinally displaceable and is also rotatable.

15. The delivery unit according to claim 14, wherein the housing section has offset recesses.

16. The delivery unit according to claim 15, wherein the recesses have an oblong shape in the form of one of a rectangular or rhombic and are aligned in a longitudinal direction thereof approximately parallel to a circumference of the housing section.

17. The delivery unit according to claim 15, wherein the recesses are arranged at the same level in rows behind one another at regular spacing with respect to one another, and at least several of the rows are arranged below one another in an angularly offset manner.

18. The delivery unit according to claim 13, wherein the connection between the flange and the pump holder comprises at least one pin guided in a correspondingly longitudinal groove in a longitudinally displaceable manner and rotatably arranged at least about a longitudinal axis of the pin.

19. The delivery unit according to claim 18, wherein the at least one pin is arranged on a spherical elevation such that the flange is swivellable relative to the pump holder perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the at least one pin.

20. The delivery unit according to claim 13, wherein a projection on the flange is configured as a closed and open profile into or about which an open or closed profile constructed on an upper end of the pump holder is guided in the longitudinally slidable and rotatable manner.