Patent ID: 8651832
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: F02M

Abstract:
1. A fuel pump comprising: a discharge-side cover that has a fuel discharge port; a case member that has a fuel suction port and is connected with the discharge-side cover, wherein the case member has a fuel passage provided therein for communication between the fuel suction port and the fuel discharge port; a pump portion that is placed in the fuel passage to suck fuel from the fuel suction port and to pump the fuel to the fuel discharge port; a motor portion that is placed in the case member to drive the pump portion; a positive terminal and a negative terminal that extend from an inside of the discharge-side cover to an outside of the discharge-side cover to receive the electricity for driving the motor portion from an external electric power source; a holder that is disposed inside the discharge-side cover and that holds a positive brush and a negative brush to slide on a commutator of the motor portion to conduct the electricity from the positive and negative terminals to the motor portion; a positive brush terminal and a negative brush terminal that are held by the holder and that are respectively placed between the positive terminal and the positive brush and between the negative terminal and the negative brush to conduct the electricity between the positive terminal and the positive brush and between the negative terminal and the negative brush, wherein: the positive terminal has a positive connector portion that is connected with the positive brush terminal; the negative terminal has a negative connector portion that is connected with the negative brush terminal; and at least one of the positive and negative connector portions, with circumference of one connector portion isolated from the other connector portion, is clamped by an inner wall of the discharge-side cover and an outer wall of the holder facing thereto.