Christopher C Conrad

US Patent:

6422839, Jul 23, 2002

Filed:

Nov 24, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/449089

Inventors:

Henry William Brockner - Detroit MI
Ronald A. Horvath - Milan MI
Christopher Conrad - Saline MI
Sharon Madley - Redford Township MI

Assignee:

Visteon Global Technologies, Inc. - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

F04B 3504

US Classification:

4174237, 4174101, 310 87, 310 88

Abstract:

An electric fuel pump ( ), including a housing ( ), an inlet ( ), an outlet ( ), a means for transmitting fluid from the inlet to the outlet ( ), an electrical motor ( ) , two brushes to transmit electrical current to the motor ( ), two electric terminals ( ) to transmit current to the two brushes ( ) from a wire harness ( ) connecting the terminals ( ) with outside controls, and a protective covering of thermoplastic ( ) bonded to said terminals. The protective covering of thermoplastic prevents corrosion of the terminals ( ).