Invention Application
- Patent Title: Fuel Pump Housing With An Integrated Deflector
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Application No.: US15226938Application Date: 2016-08-03
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Publication No.: US20180038325A1Publication Date: 2018-02-08
- Inventor: Theodore Beyer , Edna L. Richards , Jonathan Robert Burns , Bryan McKeough , Robert S. Parker
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Main IPC: F02M37/00
- IPC: F02M37/00 ; B60K28/14 ; F02M37/04

Abstract:
Some gasoline engines have a high-pressure fuel pump that is driven by a rotating component of the engine such as the camshaft or crankshaft. In the event of a crash, the fuel lines coupled to the engine should remain intact to avoid fuel spillage. It is known in the prior art to provide a separate bracket to provide the protection. However, such bracket is a separate piece that must be separately assembled, coupled to components of the engine requiring mounting holes, and adds to the part count of the engine. By integrating a deflector with a fuel pump component, the bracket is obviated.
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