IP Library Granted Patent US 9,689,340
Granted Patent B2
US 9,689,340 · App. 14/461,111 · Granted Jun 27, 2017

Controller integrated fuel pump module

Inventors: Ju Tae Song (Gunpo-si, KR); Byung Cheol Lee (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Motors Corporation
F02D41/3082H05K5/0056H05K5/064F02D2200/0602F02D2400/18
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Patent No.
US 9,689,340
App. No.
14/461,111
Granted
Jun 27, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A controller integrated fuel pump module may include a receiving part formed on an outer surface of a flange assembled in a fuel tank, a PCB assembly configured by mounting elements of a controller to a PCB, wherein the PCB assembly is molded by a molding part while being received in the receiving part, and a convexo-concave portion having a shape in which recesses and bosses, the convexo-concave portion being repeatedly formed on an inner surface of the receiving part, such that a bonding force between the receiving part and the molding part is increased by the convexo-concave portion.

Claims (18)

1. A controller integrated fuel pump module, wherein a receiving part is formed on an upper surface of a flange assembled in a fuel tank, the fuel pump module has a controller integrated structure in which a PCB assembly configured by mounting elements of a controller to a PCB is molded by a molding part while being received in the receiving part,

wherein at least a portion of a lower surface of the receiving part and an upper surface of the flange are connected by a connecting part while being spaced apart from each other, and the receiving part has an empty space between the lower surface of the receiving part and the upper surface of the flange,

wherein the fuel pump module has a convexo-concave portion having a shape in which recesses and bosses are repeated is formed on an inner circumferential surface of the receiving part,

wherein the recesses and bosses of the convexo-concave portion are repeated along a periphery of the inner circumferential surface of the receiving part and each of the recesses and the bosses is formed to extend upwards and downwards along an axial direction of the receiving part, on the inner circumferential surface of the receiving part, and

wherein upper ends of the recesses and the bosses are formed above a location of the PCB or at a height of the PCB.

2. The fuel pump module of claim 1 , wherein a side wall of the receiving part includes an outer wall and a partition wall separated inwards from the outer wall and the convexo-concave portion is formed on an inner surface of the partition wall.

3. The fuel pump module of claim 2 , wherein the partition wall is formed below the outer wall and the molding part, and a molding liquid is injected into both an interior space of the partition wall in which the PCB assembly is located and a space of the outer wall and the partition wall to form the molding part.

4. The fuel pump module of claim 1 , wherein a drainage hole for discharging moisture existing between bonding surfaces of the receiving part and the molding part is formed on a side surface of the receiving part.

5. A controller integrated fuel pump module, comprising:

a receiving part formed on an upper surface of a flange assembled in a fuel tank; and

a PCB assembly configured by mounting elements of a controller to a PCB, wherein the PCB assembly is molded by a molding part while being received in the receiving part, and

a convexo-concave portion having recesses and bosses being repeatedly formed on an inner circumferential surface of the receiving part,

wherein at least a portion of a lower surface of the receiving part and an upper surface of the flange are connected by a connecting part while being spaced apart from each other, and the receiving part has an empty space between the lower surface of the receiving part and the upper surface of the flange,

wherein the recesses and bosses of the convexo-concave portion are repeated along a periphery of the inner circumferential surface of the receiving part and each of the recesses and the bosses is formed to extend upwards and downwards along an axial direction of the receiving part, on the inner circumferential surface of the receiving part, and

wherein upper ends of the recesses and the bosses are formed above a location of the PCB or at a height of the PCB.

6. The fuel pump module of claim 1 , wherein a side wall of the receiving part includes an outer wall and a partition wall separated inwards from the outer wall and the convexo-concave portion is formed on an inner surface of the partition wall.

7. The fuel pump module of claim 6 , wherein the partition wall is formed below the outer wall and the molding part, and a molding liquid is injected into both an interior space of the partition wall in which the PCB assembly is located and a space of the outer wall and the partition wall to form the molding part.

8. The fuel pump module of claim 5 , wherein a drainage hole for discharging moisture existing between bonding surfaces of the receiving part and the molding part is formed on a side surface of the receiving part.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 15, 2014
From: SONG, JU TAE; LEE, BYUNG CHEOL
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2013-0148416 · Dec 2, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150152805A1 · Jun 4, 2015