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Title: Fuel sender assembly requiring no calibration and having reduced wear

Abstract

This patent describes a fuel sender assembly. It comprises: a float rod having a pivot portion and an arm portion; a housing member having a rod hole rotatably securing the pivot portion and having an arcuate slot radially disposed from the rod hole, the rod hole being sized to substantially prevent radial movement of the pivot portion; a resistance element secured to the housing member and having a first connection thereto; a carrier element received by the housing member, the carrier element having an interior portion aligned with the rod hole and receiving the pivot portion of the float rod, the carrier element having an exterior portion extending through the arcuate slot for receiving the arm portion, the exterior portion permitting limited movement of the arm portion relative to the housing member in a direction substantially parallel with the pivot portion; and spring contact means rigidly coupled to the interior portion of the carrier element for slidably contacting the resistance element as a second connection thereto.

Inventors:
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
6727799
Patent Number(s):
US 4924704; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-359016A
Assignee:
Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, MI (USA)
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 30 May 1989
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS; ICE; FUEL SYSTEMS; DAMPING; DESIGN; 330100* - Internal Combustion Engines

Citation Formats

Gaston, R D. Fuel sender assembly requiring no calibration and having reduced wear. United States: N. p., 1990. Web.
Gaston, R D. Fuel sender assembly requiring no calibration and having reduced wear. United States.
Gaston, R D. 1990. "Fuel sender assembly requiring no calibration and having reduced wear". United States.
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abstractNote = {This patent describes a fuel sender assembly. It comprises: a float rod having a pivot portion and an arm portion; a housing member having a rod hole rotatably securing the pivot portion and having an arcuate slot radially disposed from the rod hole, the rod hole being sized to substantially prevent radial movement of the pivot portion; a resistance element secured to the housing member and having a first connection thereto; a carrier element received by the housing member, the carrier element having an interior portion aligned with the rod hole and receiving the pivot portion of the float rod, the carrier element having an exterior portion extending through the arcuate slot for receiving the arm portion, the exterior portion permitting limited movement of the arm portion relative to the housing member in a direction substantially parallel with the pivot portion; and spring contact means rigidly coupled to the interior portion of the carrier element for slidably contacting the resistance element as a second connection thereto.},
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