Fuel delivery unit having a line connection

• US 6,182,694 B1
• Filed: 11/12/1998
• Issued: 02/06/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH (Continental AG)
• Original Assignee: Mannesmann VDO AG (Continental AG)
• Inventors: Reinhardt, Rolf, Sievers, Ralph, Dasbach, Burkhard
• Primary Examiner(s): RIVELL, JOHN A
• Application Number:
  US09/190,703
• Time in Patent Office: 817 Days
• Field of Search: 137/565.34, 137/565.17, 137/565.01, 137/574, 137/576, 285/319, 285/921, 285/179, 285/360, 285/361, 285/376, 285/396, 285/401, 285/402
• US Class Current: 137/565.34
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 15/03 Fuel tanks chassis frame comprising fluid storage compartment B62D21/16 ; Details of the fuel feeding system related to the fuel tank F02M37/0076
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 15/077 with means modifying or controlling distribution or motion of fuel, e.g. to prevent noise, surge, splash or fuel starvation
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2015/03467 by clip or snap fit fittings
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 285/912 Gear
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/86043 Reserve or surge receiver

Abstract

The invention relates to a fuel delivery unit for use in fuel tanks of vehicles, having a pump with a housing (2) and at least one outlet opening (3) arranged laterally thereon, having a reservoir (1) which can be filled with fuel and into which the pump can be inserted with little lateral installation space and from whose filling volume fuel is delivered to the outlet opening (3), and a line (15), in particular a rising line, which can be connected to the outlet opening (3), wherein at least the one line (15) can be connected to the outlet opening (3) by means of a releasable, pressure-sealed plug-in connection (S), it being possible for the outlet flow to be deflected in the region of the plug-in connection (S) by means of an elbow (6a).

Claims

1. A fuel delivery unit for use in fuel tanks of vehicles, comprising:

a pump with a housing (2) and an outlet opening (3) arranged laterally thereon, a reservoir (1) filled with fuel and into which the pump is inserted and from whose filing volume fuel is delivered to the outlet opening (3), a rising line (15) connected to the outlet opening (3), wherein the line (15) is connected to the outlet opening (3) by means of a releasable, pressure-sealed plug-in connection (S), having an elbow which deflects the outlet flow in the region of the plug-in connection (S).

2. The fuel delivery unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the line has a pump end having a straight connector, wherein the elbow has an angled connecting stub (13), wherein the connector is plugged into the angled connecting stub.

3. The fuel delivery unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the the line (15) has a pump end which is connected to an angular connector (6) which forms the elbow (6a) and wherein the outlet opening (3) has a sleeve, arranged laterally on the pump housing and wherein the angular connector is connected to the sleeve of the outlet opening.

4. The fuel delivery unit of claim 1, further comprising elastic latching elements which are releasably liftable to secure the plug-in connection (S).

5. The fuel delivery unit as claimed in claim 4, wherein the connector (S), is provided with elastic latching hooks (12) which are latched into corresponding abutments (5) in the region of the outlet opening (3).

6. The fuel delivery unit as claimed in claim 5, wherein the latching hooks (12) have latching lugs (12a) pointing away from one another.

7. The fuel delivery unit as claimed in claim 5, wherein two corresponding latching pairs of latching hooks (12) and abutments (5) are provided on each side of the external circumference of the outlet opening (3).

8. The fuel delivery unit as claimed in claim 5, wherein the abutments (5) are bridge-like webs (5b) which are molded onto the pump housing (2) and have slots (5a) receiving the elastic latching hooks.

9. The fuel delivery unit as claimed in claim 8, wherein the webs (5b) extend in a curved manner concentrically to the outlet opening (3) over a subregion of its circumference.

10. The fuel delivery unit of claim 3 further comprising an outlet opening surrounding the outlet opening and wherein the connector (6) at the pump end of the line (15) has a hollow cylindrical end section (7) located in the bushing (4) and sealed therein by a sealing ring (8).

11. The fuel delivery unit of claim 1, wherein the plug-in connection (S) comprises connecting stubs (13) for a plurality of lines (15) to be connected to the outlet opening.

12. The fuel delivery unit of claim 1, wherein the plug-in connection (S) has a quarter-turn fastening.