US 12,215,657 B2
Fuel pump hanger assembly
Jack Levinson, Onrtario (CA); and Rajan Thiru, Ontario (CA)
Assigned to 1340126 Ontario Inc., Markham (CA)
Filed by 1340126 Ontario Inc., Markham (CA)
Filed on Sep. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/242,973.
Claims priority of application No. CA 3172531 (CA), filed on Sep. 6, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0077052 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. F02M 37/10 (2006.01)
CPC F02M 37/103 (2013.01) 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fuel pump hanger comprising:
a top hat to be attached to a fuel tank and positioned at a fuel tank opening of the fuel tank;
an elongate shaft attachable to the top hat so as to extend away from the fuel tank opening into the fuel tank, the elongate shaft having thereon a bracket support that is positioned within the fuel tank when the shaft extends into the fuel tank;
a first bracket assembly, including a first fuel pump bracket for holding a first fuel pump, the first bracket assembly further including a first opening, associated with the first fuel pump bracket, through which the shaft extends to anchor the first fuel pump bracket to the shaft, the first bracket assembly further including a first locating feature; and
a second bracket assembly, including a second fuel pump bracket for holding a second fuel pump, the second bracket assembly further including a second opening, associated with the second fuel pump bracket, through which the shaft extends to anchor the second fuel pump bracket to the shaft, the second bracket assembly further including a second locating feature for mating with the first locating feature to locate within the fuel tank the first fuel pump held by the first fuel pump bracket relative to the second fuel pump held by the second fuel pump bracket.