IP Library Granted Patent US 10,378,528
Granted Patent B2
US 10,378,528 · App. 15/524,771 · Granted Aug 13, 2019

Pump unit for reducing agents in an exhaust gas purification system

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Patent No.
US 10,378,528
App. No.
15/524,771
Granted
Aug 13, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pump for reducing agents of an exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle includes: a diaphragm carrier; a diaphragm arranged on the diaphragm carrier, the diaphragm having a radially outer collar; and a pump housing configured to secure the radially outer collar of the diaphragm. The radially outer collar of the diaphragm has a reinforcing ring.

Claims (15)

1. A pump for reducing agents of an exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, the pump comprising:

a diaphragm carrier;

a diaphragm arranged on the diaphragm carrier, the diaphragm having a radially outer collar; and

a pump housing configured to secure the radially outer collar of the diaphragm,

wherein the radially outer collar of the diaphragm has a reinforcing ring entirely arranged on a radially outermost portion of the radially outer collar.

2. The pump as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a holding groove defined by housing parts of the pump housing, wherein the radially outer collar of the diaphragm completely fills the holding groove.

3. The pump as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing ring is clamped between two housing parts of the pump housing.

4. A pump for reducing agents of an exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, the pump comprising:

a diaphragm carrier;

a diaphragm arranged on the diaphragm carrier, the diaphragm having a radially outer collar; and

a pump housing configured to secure the radially outer collar of the diaphragm,

wherein the radially outer collar of the diaphragm has a reinforcing ring, and

wherein the reinforcing ring comprises metal.

5. The pump as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing ring is connected in an integrally joined manner to elastomeric material of the diaphragm.

6. The pump as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing ring is pressed on the pump housing.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2020
From: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
To: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 053262/0307 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 8, 2017
From: KLUEGL, WENDELIN
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
Reel/Frame 042271/0659 →