Patent ID: 6095771
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: F02M,F04D,F05C

Abstract:
A unit for conveying fuel from a supply tank to an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, the unit comprising a unit housing; an electric drive motor; a flow pump driven by said electric drive motor and having a pump housing which is permanently connected to said unit housing, said pump housing forming a pump chamber, said flow pump further having conveying means located in said pump housing and moved by said drive motor; an insert of wear-resistant material located in a part of said pump housing which at least partially defines said pump chamber, said insert forming at least a part of a chamber wall which defines said pump chamber in a direction of an axis of rotation of said conveying means; a resilient retaining element which retains said insert at least in the direction of the axis of rotation of said conveying means while said retaining element acting as a support in the direction of the axis of rotation of said conveying means, for a shaft that drives said conveying means.