Specific Location Or Mounting Of Pump Patents (Class 123/509)
  • Fuel feed apparatus having opening in sub-tank
    Patent number: 7159574
    Abstract: A fuel feed apparatus includes a sub-tank and a fuel pump that are received in the fuel tank. The sub-tank has an inner space that is partitioned into at least a first chamber and a second chamber. The fuel pump is arranged in the first chamber to discharge fuel received in the sub-tank to the outside of the fuel tank. The second chamber has an opening, through which the second chamber communicates with the outside of the sub-tank such that fuel accumulated in the second chamber is exhausted to the outside of the sub-tank through the opening. The fuel tank has a first tank space and a second tank space. The sub-tank is received in the first tank space. A first jet pump is disposed in the second chamber of the sub-tank. The first jet pump draws fuel accumulated in the second tank space into the first tank space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Norihiro Hayashi, Tetsuro Okazono
  • Fuel feed apparatus having inner supporting structure
    Patent number: 7159575
    Abstract: Surplus fuel returns from an engine into the sub-tank through a bellows pipe. A downstream end of the bellows pipe is supported by a sub-tank lid that closes an opening of a sub-tank. One ends of arms engage with the top of a pump module, which includes a fuel pump. The other ends of arms engage with the outer peripheral wall of the sub-tank. Thereby, the arms connect between the pump module and the sub-tank. Surplus fuel flows into the sub-tank through the bellows pipe, and strikes against the arm. Thereby, return fuel, which comes back into the sub-tank, decreases in kinetic energy. Thus, sound and vapor generated from fuel in the sub-tank can be reduced when return fuel comes back into the sub-tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Masato Inoue
  • Fuel feed apparatus
    Patent number: 7159576
    Abstract: A fuel feed apparatus includes a lid module that includes a canister accommodated in a fuel tank. The canister defines a space in the vicinity of a lateral periphery of the canister in the fuel tank. The fuel feed apparatus further includes a pump module that is located in the space. The fuel feed apparatus further includes a connecting member that is axially slidable with respect to the lid module and the pump module along the lateral periphery of the canister and a lateral periphery of the pump module. When the lid module is connected to the fuel tank by moving the lid module toward the pump module along the connecting member, the connecting member hooks to the pump module, so that the connecting member is restricted from moving in a direction, in which the lid module moves toward the pump module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignees: Denso Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiichi Yamashita, Kouji Izutani, Noriya Matsumoto, Koji Miwa
  • Fuel feed apparatus having conductive members grounded each other
    Patent number: 7159573
    Abstract: A fuel feed apparatus includes a grounded conductive resinous sub tank, a conductive fuel inlet pipe integrally formed with a bottom section of the sub tank and a conductive resinous jet nozzle included in a jet pump. The jet nozzle is welded on the bottom section of the sub tank, and has a nozzle port for jetting fuel. Here, the jet nozzle, the jet pump and the fuel inlet pipe are grounded via the sub tank without individual wiring member. Even if static electricity is generated due to friction between the jet nozzle and fuel jetted from the nozzle port, electrical charging can be prohibited. Thus, dielectric breakdown due to the electrically charging and cracking resulting from the dielectric breakdown can be also prohibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Kingo Okada
  • Diesel engine
    Patent number: 7156079
    Abstract: A diesel engine 1 of the present invention comprises: a camshaft 13 with a cam 21; a fuel injection pump 12 having a plunger 84; a tappet for driving the plunger 84; and a slide portion 2b. The tappet includes a roller 80 and a roller tappet 82. The roller 80 serves as a rotor which abuts against the cam 21 so as to drive the fuel injection pump 12, and a roller tappet 82 serves as a support portion for supporting the rotor. The slide portion 2b slidably fits to the support portion. The roller tappet 82 has a tappet guide serving as a projection for restriction of rotation, and the slide portion 2b has a guide groove 92 into which the projection is fitted. Therefore, the rotor and the cam abutting against the rotor can be prevented from abrasion so as to maintain high accuracy in controlling slide stroke of the plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Kamiyama, Katsuyuki Shiota, Yasuhiro Kanazu
  • Flow control valve for fuel module assembly
    Patent number: 7156080
    Abstract: A fuel flow control valve (10) for an in-tank fuel module (M) to control fuel flow to a fuel pump (P) from either a fuel tank (T) in which the module is installed or a fuel module reservoir (V). The valve includes a disc (32) having a plurality of slots (50) formed therein through which fuel flows from an opening (O) in the module to the fuel pump. The disc is mounted on the head (40) of a valve stem (36). This allows the valve to move between one position opening a fuel flow path between the fuel tank and the fuel pump and a second position opening a fuel flow path between the fuel reservoir and the fuel pump, the valve, when opening one of the flow paths, simultaneously blocking the other flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Airtex Corporation
    Inventors: R. David Morris, Eric W. Stewart
  • Fuel pump module having a fuel filter water drain
    Patent number: 7150269
    Abstract: A fuel pump module adapted for mounting within a fuel tank and including an inlet, an outlet downstream of the inlet, and a fuel pump downstream of the inlet and upstream of the outlet. A fuel filter chamber is downstream of the fuel pump and includes a fuel filter disposed therein having an upstream side and a downstream side. A filter drain conduit is in fluid communication with the fuel filter chamber at the upstream side of the fuel filter and extends externally of the fuel pump module and fuel tank. The filter drain conduit may be in fluid communication with the filter chamber substantially at a lower portion of the fuel filter, and may include a valve located externally of the fuel tank. A heating device may be provided in the fuel filter and a recirculation device may be provided in the drain conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Marwal Systems s.a.s.
    Inventors: Humbert de Monts de Savasse, Pascal Perruchot
  • In-line type fuel supply device in fuel injection device
    Patent number: 7146968
    Abstract: In an in-line type fuel supply device suitable for a motorcycle, a fuel flow-in chamber 7 with a fuel flow-in passage 2 is formed at a bottom portion 1a of a first case body 1, and a pump intake passage 55 is opened in the fuel flow-in chamber 7, a pump discharge passage 56 is inserted into a discharge passage inserting hole 8a of a second support member 8 connected to a fuel discharge passage 4, a relief passage 9 comprising a relief valve is opened toward a cylindrical space 14, a vapor discharge passage 5 is opened in the cylindrical space 14, a fuel flow-in passage 5 is connected to a fuel tank with a pipe 15, a fuel discharge passage 4 is connected to a fuel injection valve with a pipe 16, and a vapor discharge passage 5 is connected to the fuel tank with a pipe 17.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Koito, Hidefumi Yoshida
  • Tank-integrated carbon canister
    Patent number: 7143750
    Abstract: A fuel pump module and carbon canister assembly adapted for mounting within a fuel tank. A fuel pump module has a flange and a body carried by the flange. A carbon canister is attached to the body of the fuel pump module and is adapted for an inclined orientation with respect to the flange of the fuel pump module. The fuel tank may include a bottom and a top having an opening through which the fuel pump module and carbon canister assembly may be inserted. The carbon canister may be adapted for resting on the bottom of the fuel tank once inserted therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Marwal Systems s.a.s.
    Inventors: Daniel Brunel, Pascal Leymarie, Robert Renaud
  • Fuel delivery assembly for dual lobe fuel tank
    Patent number: 7124748
    Abstract: A fuel delivery assembly for a dual lobe fuel tank. The assembly comprises a flange for disposing the assembly within the fuel tank. The flange has outer and inner surfaces. The inner surface has a collar extending therefrom. The collar has radial slots formed thereon. The assembly further comprises a bracket portion being compressible and cooperable with the collar for compression of the assembly. The bracket portion has tabs extending therefrom and is configured to be disposed in the collar. The tabs are received in the radial slots. The assembly further comprises a feed port connected to the bracket portion for fuel supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John T. Gaffield, Daven C. Bhavsar, Rafat Mohammad
  • Arrangement for supplying an internal combustion engine with fuel
    Patent number: 7124747
    Abstract: In an arrangement for supplying an internal combustion engine with fuel and a method for servicing and repairing the arrangement wherein a number of components, that is, a fuel reservoir, a fuel pumping unit, a fuel filter, a fuel level sensor and line elements are arranged in a fuel container and the container has an access opening formed in a wall thereof and sealingly closed by a cover, at least the fuel reservoir and at least one of the line elements are firmly installed in the fuel container and for servicing or replacement only the other components are removed through the access opening after being disconnected from their support mounts and associated connecting lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Daimler Chrysler AG
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Kempka, Stefan Klein, Dieter Scheurenbrand, Roland Schirmer, Manfred Weil
  • Fuel pump cutoff shuttle valve
    Patent number: 7121266
    Abstract: A fuel pump cutoff shuttle valve is located between a multiple fuel pump arrangement. The valve has a first tubular member with a hollow, biased sliding member inside that moves according to the fuel pressures of the pumps. The fuel that flows through the valve member passes out through a valve member central orifice so that the fuel can flow into the second tubular member en route to an engine. When the fuel pressure in a pump greatly exceeds that of another pump on the opposite side of the valve member, the valve member moves and places the valve member central orifice adjacent to the interior wall of the first tubular member, stopping the flow of fuel. Alternatively, the valve member may have an orifice at each end of the valve member to permit a reduced flow of fuel to the engine when fuel is not supplied by the central orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Denso International America, Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick Powell
  • Reservoir assembly having interchangeable fuel suction unit and fuel pump assembly for vehicles
    Patent number: 7117854
    Abstract: A reservoir assembly 10 is provided for a fuel tank of a vehicle. The reservoir assembly 10 is constructed and arranged to receive an electric fuel pump assembly 44 or a fuel suction unit 23 in a reservoir 12 thereof. The fuel suction unit 23 and the electric fuel pump assembly 44 are configured so as to be interchangeably received in the reservoir 12. This interchangeability advantageously saves design time and, from a supplier's point of view, provides more flexibility since two separate configurations are no longer required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Siemens VDO Automotive Corporation
    Inventor: Jochen Schmitt
  • Fuel delivery systems
    Patent number: 7117856
    Abstract: A fuel delivery system for delivering fuel from a fuel tank to an engine includes a reservoir disposed within the fuel tank and a fuel pump, such as an electrically driven fuel pump, operable to draw fuel from within the reservoir. The fuel pump has a first port and a second port that independently discharge the fuel from the fuel pump. A first jet pump is operable to draw the fuel within the fuel tank into the reservoir. A first flow path communicates between the first port and the engine. A second flow path communicates between the second port and the first jet pump, so that the fuel within the fuel tank is transferred into the reservoir due to the flow of the fuel supplied to the first jet pump via the second flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Honda, Kaneo Imamura
  • Diesel reservoir ice bypass valve
    Patent number: 7117855
    Abstract: A diesel fuel delivery system that maintains optimum fuel delivery to the engine despite the presence of an ice blockage at the fuel strainer. Ice formation in diesel fuel can cause fuel blockage at the fuel strainer and generate high vacuum conditions as the engine tries to draw fuel from the tank. A normally closed bypass valve automatically opens in response to an engine vacuum condition higher than normal engine vacuum levels. Upon the bypass valve opening, fuel is drawn through an auxiliary inlet port and line located above the ice formation in the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce A. Kuehnemund, Jeffery W. Beyer
  • Multiple pump fuel delivery system
    Patent number: 7114490
    Abstract: A multiple pump fuel delivery system is provided, which in one preferred embodiment includes a tank. Mounted within the tank are multiple fuel pumps. The fuel pumps have intakes connected to filters. One pump may be connected to a fuel only passing filter, and another pump may be connected with a fuel-water mixture passing filter. Fuel from the outlets of the pumps is delivered past non-return check valves through a manifold. The manifold is connected with a pressure regulator valve, which is fluidly communicative with the engine of the vehicle. A relief outlet is also provided to return excess fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Millennium Industries
    Inventor: Michael J. Zdroik
  • Electrostatic charge control for in-tank modules
    Patent number: 7089918
    Abstract: An in-tank fuel module for a fuel tank having a conductive lead for connection to an electrical ground plane and at least a first electrically conductive component, and a conductive polymeric strand electrically connecting the component to the lead. A jet aspiration pump is made of conductive polymeric material. A conductive component is connected to the ground plane through the fuel level sensing assembly circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Ti Group Automotive Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel L. Gilmour, John R. Forgue, David H. Ford
  • Snowmobile fuel system sump tank
    Patent number: 7089917
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a fuel sump system may include one or more of the following features: (a) a fuel tank, (b) a fuel sump tank in fluid communication with the fuel tank to receive fuel from the fuel tank, (c) a fuel pump having an intake positioned in the sump tank to pump fuel from the sump tank to an engine via a fuel supply line, (d) a fuel return line in fluid communication with the engine for returning fuel the fuel return line being in fluid communication with the sump tank to supply returned fuel to the sump tank, (e) a fuel pressure regulator operably coupled to the return line, and (f) a transfer pump operatively coupled to the fuel tank and the sump tank for transferring fuel from the fuel tank to the sump tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Polaris Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Scott E. McKinster, John A. Crudden, Kevin Ness, Richard A. Frederickson
  • Fuel module
    Patent number: 7082931
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel module for the introduction of fuel from a fuel tank 91) to an internal combustion engine, comprising a supply pump (9), through which fuel is taken up and supplied to a container (2) and a main pump (3), which takes up fuel from the container (2) and supplies the internal combustion engine at high pressure. The supply pump (9) is a low-pressure pump, the outlet of which feeds into the container (2) through a fine filter (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Wolfgang Sinz
  • Apparatus for pumping fuel
    Patent number: 7080632
    Abstract: Known apparatuses for pumping fuel have at least two suction jet pumps, which each have one drive nozzle and one collection conduit and mixing conduit located downstream of the drive nozzle. A disadvantage is that the parallel suction jet pumps require a large amount of installation space, are embodied very massively, and therefore require a large amount of injection-molding compound for their manufacture. In the apparatus of the invention, the production costs and the required installation space for the suction jet pumps are reduced. According to the invention, the drive nozzles are surrounded by a single collection conduit, narrowing conically in the flow direction and located upstream of the mixing conduits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Kleppner, Hans-Peter Braun, Thomas Wieland, Ludger Kuermann, Winfried Eckart
  • Fuel pump assembly for vehicle
    Patent number: 7077109
    Abstract: A fuel pump assembly mounted in a fuel tank for sending fuel to a fuel injector includes a driving means for supplying a driving force for sending or returning fuel, a reservoir for temporarily reserving fuel from the fuel tank through a check valve mounted on a bottom portion thereof, a first fuel suction device for drawing fuel reserved in the reservoir, a return pipe for returning fuel from the fuel injector to the reservoir, a second fuel suction device for drawing fuel stored in the fuel tank, and a Z-nozzle portion of which an outlet is connected to a bottom portion of the reservoir. The second fuel suction device and return pipe are connected to an inlet of the Z-nozzle portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Sung Won Lee
  • Fuel feed apparatus having sub tank and jet pump
    Patent number: 7069914
    Abstract: A fuel feed apparatus including a sub-tank is received in a fuel tank having multiple tank sections. Multiple jet pumps respectively transfers fuel received in the tank sections into the sub-tank. Therefore, even if a fuel amount received in a single tank section decreases, fuel can be steadily supplied from another tank section. Intermediately pressurized fuel in a fuel pump is supplied to the jet pumps, so that fuel can be steadily supplied to the jet pumps regardless of fuel consumption amount in an engine. Fuel is drawn from an upstream side of a pressure regulator, and supplied to the jet pump. The pressure regulator has an urging unit, and controls fuel pressure without using a diaphragm. Therefore, the pressure regulator is simplified and downsized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Nagata
  • Fuel filter and fuel supply system
    Patent number: 7069912
    Abstract: A fuel filter includes: a filtration chamber consisting of an inner cylinder and an outer cylinder disposed concentrically with a predetermined space, a bottom part that closes an opening end on one end side of the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder, and a lid part disposed with a fuel suction pipe and a fuel sending pipe, that closes an opening end on the other end side of the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder; and a filtering member that is accommodated in a filtration chamber and filtrates fuel that flows into the filtration chamber. In this filter, a centrifugal force applying member for centrifuging the fuel that flows into is disposed at the end of the filtering member on the lid part side. A groove portion extending along an inner wall face of the outer cylinder is formed on the bottom part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Yoshioka
  • Fuel delivery system for a combustion engine
    Patent number: 7069913
    Abstract: A fuel delivery system with at least one fuel tank and at least two fuel chambers has a fuel transfer assembly preferably integrated into an in-tank fuel pump module for controlling fuel levels between the at least two fuel chambers. The fuel transfer assembly has a transfer jet which receives pressurized fuel from a fuel pump of the module and at least two control valves for dictating the source of low pressure fuel flowing into the transfer jet and discharged therefrom preferably into a fuel reservoir of the module. Preferably, one control valve is located in each fuel chamber. The control valve opens upon a pre-established high fuel level and closes upon low fuel level. The fuel chamber containing the open control valve is generally the source of fuel for the fuel pump module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: TI Group Automotive Systems, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Lynwood F. Crary
  • Jet pump with improved start-up properties and fuel delivery system equipped with such jet pump
    Patent number: 7066153
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a jet pump having a first inlet duct, a second inlet duct and an outlet duct having an outlet end, wherein the ducts are in fluid communication with each other at a central volume portion. The jet pump also includes a sleeve formed with a closed end at the bottom and partially enclosing said outlet duct. The sleeve has a lateral opening therein at a predetermined height above the outlet end of said outlet duct. A continuous flowpath with different flow directions is also present within the sleeve along the inner and outer surfaces of said outlet duct towards the lateral opening. The jet pump can be advantageously used in fuel delivery system with saddle fuel tanks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Tamas Vitalis, Zoltan Horvath
  • Internalized component for fuel tanks
    Patent number: 7059305
    Abstract: An assembly is provided for internal placement of a component within a vehicle fuel tank. The assembly generally includes a two housing elements biased apart to retain the component within the fuel tank. The component may be non-destructively and selectively attached to the tank. Additional features prevent unwanted movement of the component relative to the fuel tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Automotive Components Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Allen Knaggs, Vern Osenbaugh
  • Fuel tank
    Patent number: 7051716
    Abstract: In the case of a fuel tank (1) for a motor vehicle having a plurality of surge chambers (6, 6?) for collecting fuel, two surge chambers (6, 6?) are closed in a manner essentially forming a seal and are connected to each other. Fuel conducted by a pressure regulator (12) and by suction jet pumps (16, 16?) into the surge chambers (6, 6?) is distributed to the surge chambers (6, 6?) as required. When the surge chambers (6, 6?) are completely filled, a pressure is produced, as a result of which a further filling by the suction jet pumps (16, 16?) is avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Martin Maasz
  • LPG vehicular liquid transfer system
    Patent number: 7047947
    Abstract: A fuel system for supplying LPG fuel, the system including a fuel storage tank and a fuel transfer tank. A first pump pushes fuel to a vehicle engine from the transfer tank and excess fuel from the engine is returned to the storage tank or the transfer tank. A second pump pulls fuel from the storage tank into the transfer tank when a fluid level within the transfer tank falls below a certain level. A method of providing LPG fuel to the engine of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Bi-Phase Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Victor Van Dyke
  • Grounding structure of fuel tank
    Patent number: 7040298
    Abstract: A grounding structure of a fuel tank equipped with a lid body closing an opening of the fuel tank made of resin is characterized by being equipped with a ring-shaped member made of metal fixed on the periphery of the opening, and a retainer made of metal fixing the lid body on the ring-shaped member, wherein an electrically grounded member in the vicinity of the lid body is electrically connected to at least one of the ring-shaped member and retainer, and grounding is performed through at least one of the ring-shaped member and retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignees: Yachiyo Industry Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Nakamura, Shinya Murabayashi, Hideki Matsumoto, Tadahisa Nakamura, Naomasa Kaneko, Junichi Koseki, Daisuke Sato, Toshiaki Nakai
  • Fuel delivery unit
    Patent number: 7036488
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel delivery unit (2) that is disposed in the fuel tank (1) of a motor vehicle, the delivery unit comprising a level sensor (13) that detects when the amount of fuel in a surge chamber (3) falls below a minimum amount. When the fuel in the surge chamber (3) falls below a defined minimum, the supply of power to a delivery pump (4) that is driven by an electromotor is interrupted, thereby preventing the delivery pump (4) from delivering air when the surge chamber (3) is empty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Helmut Nather, Wolfgang Sinz
  • Valve assembly for a fuel pump module
    Patent number: 7032575
    Abstract: A fuel pump module includes a reservoir configured to hold a supply of fuel. The reservoir includes a fuel passageway and defines a first seat on a first side of the fuel passageway and a second seat on a second side of the fuel passageway. The module also includes a seal configured to be seated on the first and second seats to substantially seal the fuel passageway, and a weight biasing the seal toward the first and second seats by contacting the seal only at a location between the first and second seats. A gap may be defined between the weight and the seal, allowing fuel to enter the gap and further bias the seal toward the seats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Robert Bosch Corporation
    Inventor: Dewey McKinley Sims, Jr.
  • Feed device
    Patent number: 7017557
    Abstract: In a feed device (2) for a motor vehicle, a ventilation element (10) is arranged in a feed line (7) which is guided into an intermediate tank (8) arranged upstream of a surge chamber (3). The ventilation element (10) has an opening (11) which is closed when the fuel is flowing and is released if the flow fails. Drainage of the intermediate tank (8) by means of a siphon effect is therefore avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Bernd Rumpf
  • In-tank fuel filter
    Patent number: 7007678
    Abstract: A fuel supply system and fuel filter for a vehicle prevent bleed down of the fuel filter and minimizes the amount of any air or vapor delivered to the fuel supply line. The fuel filter includes a housing enclosing a filter media. The filter includes an inlet for receiving fuel from the fuel pump. The filter also includes first and second outlets. The first outlet supplies filtered fuel to the fuel supply line. The second outlet supplies filtered fuel to the jet pump. In this way, by providing a single outlet from the fuel pump to the fuel filter, and providing two outlets from the fuel filter which separately leads to the fuel supply line and the jet pump, bleed down is prevented and vapors within the fuel supply line are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Schultz, David Zultowski, Kevin Reising
  • Fuel supply system for internal combustion engine and fuel transfer tube
    Patent number: 7007675
    Abstract: In a fuel supply system constituted such that there is disposed a saddle type fuel tank provided with a main chamber and an auxiliary chamber on both sides of an upwardly protruding center portion of a bottom face thereof, a fuel transfer tube which is mounted to lie over the protruding portion of the fuel tank, is connected to a fuel introduction port of a jet pump disposed on a main chamber side, to pump fuel in the auxiliary chamber via the fuel transfer tube, at least a part of the fuel transfer tube is formed by arranging alternately a plurality of bellows portions each of which cross section is changed, and a plurality of straight portions each of which cross section is fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Ida, Takashi Kokojima, Takeshi Hidaka
  • Reservoir unit
    Patent number: 7007677
    Abstract: A reservoir unit to be installed within a fuel tank, in order to prevent bubbles generated by the fuel transfer jet pump of the fuel tank from feeding into the internal combustion engine, comprising a wall formed in a closed bag shape so that the delivered flow of fuel can fully turn round the discharge port of a jet pump, against which fuel containing bubbles delivered from the jet pump hits and, after turning around a partition wall a plurality of times, fills the reservoir unit, with the result that bubbles can be removed from the fuel more efficiently and the fuel in the reservoir can be prevented from containing a large quantity of bubbles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomonari Toki, Nobuo Suzuki
  • Fuel feed apparatus having sub-tank and jet nozzle
    Patent number: 7007679
    Abstract: A fuel feed apparatus, which is accommodated in a fuel tank, includes a sub-tank, a jet pump, and a covering member. The sub-tank includes a fuel inlet. The jet pump includes a jet nozzle, through which fuel is jetted to generate negative pressure, so that fuel in the fuel tank is drawn into the sub-tank through the fuel inlet. The covering member covers a gap formed between the jet nozzle and the fuel inlet. The covering member is opened on the bottom side of the gap. The covering member downwardly extends from the upper side to a gap-lower end position. The gap-lower end position is located on the upper side with respect to the center of the jet nozzle by a distance that is equal to or greater than 1 mm, and is equal to or less than 2 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Okabe, Kenichi Nishizaki, Fumio Kaneoka
  • Pump unit arranged in an inner tank of a fuel tank of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 6988491
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pump unit arranged in an inner tank (3) of a fuel tank, comprising a fuel pump (5) which is used to pump fuel to the internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle; an ejector pump (21) which is connected to the fuel pump (5) and used to pump fuel out of the fuel tank into the inner tank (3); and at least one filter element (20:31) which is used to filter fuel, wherein a housing part which is connected to the fuel pump (5) is provided with at least one channel (30;33;35;47) for guiding said fuel. In order to simplify the structure of the pump unit (2) and to enable substantial pre-assembly, the housing part (24;40) is configured in such a way that it can hold the at least one filter element (20;31), and the channel (30;33;35;47) is exclusively guided inside the housing part (24; 40) from the ejector pump (21) and/or the fuel pump (5) to the filter element (20;31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Sabine Burhenne, Johannes Deichmann, Joerg Deubner, Peter Marx, Hans-Peter Osburg
  • Fuel feed apparatus having sub tank and jet pump
    Patent number: 6981490
    Abstract: A fuel feed apparatus including a sub-tank is received in a fuel tank having multiple tank sections. Multiple jet pumps respectively transfers fuel received in the tank sections into the sub-tank. Therefore, even if a fuel amount received in a single tank section decreases, fuel can be steadily supplied from another tank section. Intermediately pressurized fuel in a fuel pump is supplied to the jet pumps, so that fuel can be steadily supplied to the jet pumps regardless of fuel consumption amount in an engine. Fuel is drawn from an upstream side of a pressure regulator, and supplied to the jet pump. The pressure regulator has an urging unit, and controls fuel pressure without using a diaphragm. Therefore, the pressure regulator is simplified and downsized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Nagata, Masaaki Konishi
  • Air-fuel mixing and delivery apparatus for an internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 6971371
    Abstract: An air-fuel mixing and delivery apparatus for an internal combustion engine is situated to be shielded from exposure to water or mud during travel of a vehicle, to protect fuel system components such as a fuel injector. In the air-fuel mixing and delivery apparatus, an air-intake port, a throttle body, and an air cleaner are arranged substantially linearly and extending rearwardly above a main body of the internal combustion engine, toward the rear of the vehicle. A fuel injector is positioned on the side of the throttle body, below a seat of the vehicle. The apparatus may include a fuel pump operatively attached to the throttle body as well as a fuel injector, so that the apparatus can be compactly consolidated. Optionally, a pressure regulator may also be attached to the throttle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhito Hotta, Fumie Okada, Minoru Ueda
  • Fuel delivery assembly for vehicles
    Patent number: 6966305
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fuel delivery assembly for vehicle fuel tanks, that includes: a first assembly forming a mount adapted to be fixed onto a wall of a fuel tank and which carries at least one accessory, a second assembly including an electric motor fuel pump, and a third assembly comprising at least two interchangeable linking members respectively fixed on the first assembly and on the second assembly, to provide support to the second assembly from the first assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Walbro Engine Management, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Laurent Aubrée, Remi Aubrée
  • Fuel pump module assembly for fuel tank
    Patent number: 6966306
    Abstract: A fuel pump module assembly for a fuel tank in a vehicle includes a reservoir adapted to be disposed in the fuel tank. The fuel pump module assembly also includes a fuel pump disposed in the reservoir to pump fuel from the fuel tank to an engine of the vehicle. The fuel pump module assembly includes a filter disposed in the reservoir and having an inlet fluidly connected to the fuel pump and having a first outlet fluidly connected to the engine and a second outlet. The fuel pump module assembly further includes a regulating valve disposed in the reservoir and fluidly connected to the second outlet to control fuel supply pressure to the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ulf Sawert, William S. Zimmerman, David H. Burke, Joanne F. Tersigni, Rick E. Crandall, Robert A. Roth, Susan P. Tyndall, Nicholas D. Tenbrink
  • Connecting structure of fuel filter and fuel pump
    Patent number: 6964265
    Abstract: A connecting structure for connecting a fuel filter and a fuel pump with an inlet. The connecting structure includes a joint bracket to be retained in the fuel tank, and a filter section formed with the fuel filter. The joint bracket includes a pump side connecting portion, and a filter side connecting portion and having a bottom portion with a first positioning hole. The filter section includes a bracket connecting portion abutting against the bottom portion and having a second positioning hole, and a communicating portion communicating with the fuel filter and connected to the fuel pump. A projection is formed at the fuel pump. When the fuel filter is attached to the fuel pump, the bracket connecting portion is attached to the bottom portion and the projection passes the first and second positioning holes and the inlet of the fuel pump is attached to the communicating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Nifco Inc.
    Inventor: Takashi Iwamoto
  • Fuel supply apparatus
    Patent number: 6964264
    Abstract: In a fuel supply apparatus (33), a lid (40) includes a first guide tube (48) provided extending toward inside of a fuel tank (31); a reservoir (34) is provided extending from a bottom thereof toward the side of the lid (40) and houses the fuel pump (35) as well as includes a second guide tube (41) that inscribed in the first guide tube (48) and fitted thereto in a slidable manner; and an elastic member (49) is provided that is inserted and fitted to an outer circumference of the foregoing second guide tube (41) as well as interposed between the reservoir (34) and the lid (40) to enable the reservoir (34) to travel telescopically with respect to the lid (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Yoshioka
  • Fuel container for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 6955158
    Abstract: In a fuel container (1) for a motor vehicle having a plurality of chambers (2, 4), a suction jet pump (18, 19) with a filling level sensor (11, 12) is arranged in each of the individual chambers (2, 4). A valve (24, 25) is arranged in a propellant line (20, 21) leading to the suction jet pump (18, 19). When a chamber (2, 4) is virtually empty, the supply of fuel to the suction jet pump (18, 19) is disabled and an unnecessary movement of the fuel is thus avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Bernd Rumpf
  • Fuel delivery system with flow re-director for improved re-priming sequence
    Patent number: 6951208
    Abstract: A fuel delivery system 10 includes a reservoir 12 in a fuel tank 14; a fuel pump 16 in the reservoir for sending fuel at an engine; a jet pump 18 including a venturi tube 22 adjacent to a nozzle 24 to draw fuel from the tank into the reservoir; a cup 25 coupled with an end of the venturi tube for containing an amount of fuel; and a jet valve 20 permitting fuel drawn by the jet pump to enter the reservoir from the fuel tank and, preventing fuel that enters the reservoir from returning to the fuel tank. The cup traps fuel inside the jet pump so that fuel accumulates in the venturi tube and in the cup to a level above the nozzle thereby permitting the jet pump to draw fuel from the tank into the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: Siemens VDO Automotive Corporation
    Inventor: Jeffery John Milton
  • Fuel tank and a method of manufacturing it
    Patent number: 6948511
    Abstract: A fuel tank comprises a shell made by assembling together at least two tank portions each made by molding a thermoplastic material and, when assembled together, defining the inside surface of the tank. The tank has a fuel pump fixed to its inside surface before the tank portions are assembled together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Taurel, Eric Firtion
  • Auxiliary fuel dispensing system
    Patent number: 6938612
    Abstract: An auxiliary fuel dispensing system includes an auxiliary fuel pump disposed in a vehicle fuel tank. An auxiliary dispensing tube is connected at one end to the auxiliary fuel pump and at another end to an auxiliary dispensing location on the vehicle. One end of a fuel delivery hose is releasably connected to the end of the tube at the auxiliary dispensing location. Another end of the hose has a dispensing nozzle attached thereto. A means for selectively activating the pump is operable to pump fuel from the fuel tank, through the tube and the hose, and out the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Donald Kevin Porter
  • Layout structure of the fuel pump of a motorcycle
    Patent number: 6932177
    Abstract: In a motorcycle in which a rear wheel is suspended by a rear-wheel suspending part provided of a body frame, a fuel tank is attached in an upper portion of the body frame, an engine is attached in a lower portion of the body frame, a fuel injection valve is provided on the intake side of the engine, and fuel in the fuel tank is supplied to the fuel injection valve by a fuel pump, the fuel pump is attached to the body frame near the rear wheel suspending part. The degree of freedom of layout of the fuel pump can be increased and the fuel pump can be disposed in a position far from the engine, so that thermal effects of the engine onto the fuel pump can be suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ikuo Hara, Kenta Nakamura
  • Fuel pump module and method of assembly
    Patent number: 6928989
    Abstract: A fuel pump module and method for mounting such to a fuel tank having a limited mounting depth, includes a reservoir, a modular flange, and a compressible coupling element, wherein the modular flange and the reservoir containing the fuel pump are connected offset to each other vertically, by means of the compressible coupling element. Upon installation in a shallow fuel tank, the offset attachment provides for the reservoir, to be biased against the bottom wall of the fuel tank without vertically interfering with the modular flange embodying various components such as vent valves or carbon canisters, which after mounting, are at least partially adjacent horizontally to the reservoir within the fuel tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Denso International America, Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick Powell
  • Fixing structure for fuel injection nozzle
    Patent number: 6928987
    Abstract: A nozzle fixing structure which fixes a fuel injection nozzle is used in an engine having a cylinder block and a cylinder head (11). The nozzle fixing structure includes a nozzle pressing arm (14) having a through hole (14a), which fixes a fuel injection nozzle (13); a fixing bolt (15) which is passed through the through hole (14a) in the nozzle pressing arm (14) and tightened to the cylinder head (11); and a cylinder head bolt (20) which is passed through the cylinder head (11) and tightened to the cylinder block. The nozzle pressing arm (14) includes a pressing part (14A) formed on one side of the through hole (14a) and causing a load to act on the fuel injection nozzle (13); and a supported part (14B) formed on another side of the through hole (14a) and constituting the pivot part (21) for the nozzle pressing arm (14) together with the upper end (20c) of the cylinder head bolt (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akihide Nakamura