Patent ID: 6098652
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: F02M,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
Apparatus comprising:a pressure regulator having a regulator housing, said regulator housing having an annular projection thereon, said pressure regulator housing also having an outlet and a male inlet conduit thereon, said male inlet conduit including a tubular portion;a fuel filter disposed in a filter housing, said fuel filter being adapted to be operably attached to a fuel delivery system of an internal combustion engine, said fuel filter having a female opening therein for receiving said male inlet conduit of the pressure regulator housing;a projecting wall connected to the filter housing adjacent said female opening in the fuel filter housing, said projecting wall having at least one slot therein; anda clip, said clip including a disc portion having a central opening therein for selectively receiving said male inlet conduit therethrough, a clip projection integral with and moveably attached to said disc portion and adapted to be selectively received into the slot in said projecting wall in a first position thereof whereby the clip is held from moving away from said projecting wall, said annular projection of the pressure regulator housing being disposed between the disc portion and the clip projection when the clip projection is in the first position thereof for holding the pressure regulator housing in said clip, whereby the clip is used to selectively hold the pressure regulator housing and the filter housing operatively together or allows said pressure regulator housing and filter housing to be quickly and easily separated.