US 11,794,842 B2
Fuel pump unit cover and method of attaching same
Masaru Tomimatsu, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/477,972.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-158300 (JP), filed on Sep. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0089241 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 15/05 (2006.01); B62J 35/00 (2006.01); F02M 37/10 (2006.01); B62J 37/00 (2006.01); B60K 15/035 (2006.01)
CPC B62J 35/00 (2013.01) [B62J 37/00 (2013.01); F02M 37/103 (2013.01); B60K 15/03519 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fuel pump unit cover that covers a part of a fuel pump unit exposed to an outside of a fuel tank, the fuel pump unit cover comprising:
a first cover that covers a surface of the fuel pump unit and has an opening; and
a second cover that is attached to the opening of the first cover and covers at least part of connections connected to components, wherein
the first cover has a first side wall extending toward the second cover,
the second cover has a second side wall extending toward the first cover,
at least one of the first side wall and the second side wall has an opening hole, an edge of the opening hole being provided as an elastically deformable member,
an opening area of the opening hole is smaller than a sum of cross-sectional areas of the components passing through the opening hole,
the first cover is provided with fitting holes which are a plurality of recesses,
the second cover is provided with claws which are protrusions projecting toward the first cover,
the claws are formed integrally with the second cover, and
the claws each include a locking portion that is elastically deformed to be fit into a corresponding fitting hole, of the fitting holes, and is elastically deformed to expand after passing through the fitting hole.