US 11,885,288 B2
Fuel pump module for vehicle
Sung Won Lee, Hwaseong-si (KR); Jung Su Park, Seoul (KR); Seong Cheol Cho, Seoul (KR); Duck Su Moon, Asan-si (KR); and Seung Hwan Lee, Cheonan-si (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR); and HYUNDAM INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., Asan-si (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR); and Hyundam Industrial Co., Ltd., Asan-si (KR)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/883,894.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0110609 (KR), filed on Aug. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0054851 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. F02M 59/48 (2006.01); F02M 59/44 (2006.01)
CPC F02M 59/48 (2013.01) [F02M 59/44 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fuel pump module for a vehicle, comprising:
a head plate to be mounted in an opening of a fuel tank;
a reservoir cup to which the head plate is pivotably coupled through a pair of connecting bars and which is to be installed in the fuel tank in a state of being coupled to the head plate; and
a fuel pump disposed in the reservoir cup in a state of being laid and to deliver fuel in the reservoir cup to an outside of the fuel tank,
wherein:
the reservoir cup includes a cup body to store the fuel and an upper cover coupled to the cup body so as to cover an upper surface of the cup body; and
the fuel pump is coupled to the upper cover through a retainer to be supported in the form of being hung on the upper cover, thereby disposed below the upper cover and floated in an inner space of the reservoir cup.