Patent ID: 7909587

Claim:
A device for retaining a fuel pump in a fuel container of a motor vehicle, comprising a pump holder having a plurality of first and second retaining means, the first retaining means of the pump holder provided for supporting the pump holder on a baffle pot, and the second retaining means of the pump holder provided for supporting the fuel pump, and with a damping device connecting the first and the second retaining means to one another, the first retaining means, the second retaining means and the damping device being manufactured as a single piece from a plastic material, in that the damping device has arms which are angled away from each other, and in that during a movement of the fuel pump the arms are subject to at least a torsional or a bending load, wherein the arms of the damping device include an annular element connected to the first retaining means, at least one first vertical arm connected to the annular element, the at least one first vertical arm extending substantially in a vertical direction and first and second horizontal arms extending substantially horizontally and angled away from the first vertical arm, the first and second horizontal arms being spaced apart in the vertical direction, and at least one of the first and the second horizontal arms is designed as another annular element, wherein a second vertical arm connects the first horizontal arm and the second horizontal arm of the damping device, and wherein only the second horizontal arm of the arms of the damping device is directly connected to the second retaining means.