Fuel sender mount
This patent describes a resiliently deformable fuel tank containing a fuel sender having an inlet for fluid communication with the bottom of the tank. The improvement consists of: means for displacing supporting the fuel sender from a top wall of the fuel tank, including means for resiliently urging the fuel sender to a relatively fixed position within the fuel tank at which the inlet is normally retained in a fixed position at the bottom of the tank; wherein the top wall and a bottom wall of the fuel tank are resiliently deformable upon impact; and wherein the means for displaceably supporting includes means for guiding and repositioning the fuel sender to the relatively fixed position within the fuel tank after deformation of the resiliently deformable tank upon impact, including guide means retained on the bottom wall of the tank for aligning the fuel sender.
- Assignee:
- American Motors Corp., Southfield, MI
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4790185
- OSTI ID:
- 6232955
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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