Electric drive unit and mounting

Claim 1

A SUBMERSIBLE MOTOR-PUMP UNIT ADAPTED FOR MOUNTING IN VERTICAL-AXIS POSITION IN THE FUEL TANK OF AN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE, COMPRISING A SEALED DRIVING COMPONENT ENCLOSED BY A PAIR OF DRAWN HAT-SHAPED SHEETMETAL SHELLS, ONE OF SAID SHELLS INCLUDING A THIN NONMAGNETIC FIELD-TRANSMITTING WALL IN A PLANE OF GENERATION ABOUT AN AXIS, A MOTOR ASSEMBLY FIRMLY POSITIONED WITHIN AND BY SAID SHELLS AND INCLUDING A ROTOR, A MAGNETICCOUPLING DRIVING ELEMENT CARRIED FOR ROTATION ON SAID AXIS BY SAID ROTOR IN FIELD-TRANSMITTING RELATION WITH SAID WALL, THE RIMS OF SAID HAT-SHAPED SHELLS BEING HERMETICALLY JOINED TO SEALINGLY ENCLOSE SAID MOTOR ASSEMBLY AND ELEMENT, SAID UNIT ALSO COMPRISING A DRIVEN PUMP COMPONENT MOUNTED FROM SAID ENCLOSED DRIVING COMPONENT EXTERIORLY THEREOF AND DEPENDING BELOW SAID JOINED RIMS, SAID DRIVEN COMPONENT INCLUDING A PUMP HOUSING AND ROTOR, AND A MAGNETIC-COUPLING DRIVEN MEMBER OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO THE PUMP ROTOR AND FIELD-COUPLED TO SAID DRIVING ELEMENT THROUGH SAID NON-MAGNETIC WALL, SAID JOINED RIMS FORMING A CIRCUMFERENTIAL MOUNTING FLANGE IN A PLANE GENERALLY NORMAL TO SAID AXIS, A RESILIENT MOUNTING CUSHION ENCIRCLING SAID SHELLS AND HAVING PORTIONS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID FLANGE, AND A MOUNTING COLLAR ENGAGING SAID CUSHION FOR RESILIENTLY SUPPORTING THE MOTOR-PUMP UNIT AS A WHOLE IN VERTICAL-AXIS POSITION WITH THE PUMP AT THE BOTTOM OF THE UNIT.