Specific Location Or Mounting Of Pump Patents (Class 123/509)
  • Patent number: 11898523
    Abstract: A fuel system that provides fuel to an internal combustion engine includes a fuel tank and a fuel pump configured to receive fluid from the fuel tank and supply pressurized fluid to the engine via a fuel filter. The filter receives fuel from the pump and provides filtered fuel to the engine. The filter is disposed in a filter chamber of a filter housing. The filter housing includes a fuel inlet that directs fuel received from the fuel pump into the filter chamber, a fuel outlet that directs filtered fuel received from the fuel filter to the fuel supply line, and a bypass outlet that directs fuel not drawn into the fuel filter by the internal combustion engine to a fuel pressure regulator. The regulator receives the unfiltered fuel from the bypass outlet and returns the unfiltered fuel to the fuel tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Paul Mason, Alberto Levi Rossano Ruiz, David Toutant
  • Patent number: 11859585
    Abstract: An electrical connector for an electrical connection within a fuel system, the electrical connector comprising first and second electrical connector pins, and an overmould for the first and second electrical connector pins. Each of the first and second electrical connector pins includes an external portion which projects from the overmould, an internal portion to which the overmould is applied, and a chamfered portion located between the internal portion and the external portion. The internal portion of each of the first and second electrical connector pins includes a region having a first dimension adjacent to the chamfered region and at least two axially spaced projections which extend radially from the internal portion beyond the region having a first dimension, adjacent ones of the axially spaced projections being separated axially by a region of the internal portion having a reduced dimension compared to the region having a first dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES IP LIMITED
    Inventors: Lydia Amarquaye, Jack Coxon, Adrian Lord
  • Patent number: 11365708
    Abstract: A fuel supply device, which is mounted on a fuel tank, includes a lid member that covers an opening of the fuel tank, arm members mounted on the lid member, and a component mounted on the lid member via the arm members. The arm members and the component have an engaging structure which engages each other by elastic deformation of the arm members. The arm members are made of a resin material having a higher elastic modulus than the resin material forming the lid member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiko Muramatsu, Yuuji Hirata, Yuto Sato, Keiji Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11359588
    Abstract: In a fuel supply device including a regulator and float-type level sensor, a fitting tube is formed integrally with an upper housing, a fuel pump being retained between the upper and lower housings. An outer periphery of a base part of the regulator is fitted into the tube. A regulator retaining member is formed as a separate member from the upper housing and retains the regulator in cooperation with the tube. The tube and the retaining member are joined via a snap-fit join part provided on fitting parts therebetween. The snap-fit join part is formed by engaging a projecting portion or a recess part, formed on an elastic piece provided on one of the fitting parts between the retaining member and the tube, with the recess part or the projecting portion formed on the other fitting part. A sensor support arm is molded as a unit with the retaining member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Naito, Yuki Fukuda
  • Patent number: 11352990
    Abstract: A fuel supply device of an engine includes a primary pump suctioning fuel to discharge the fuel to a first pipeline, a secondary pump connected in series to the primary pump via the first pipeline, and suctioning the fuel from the primary pump to supply the fuel through a second pipeline to an engine side, a tank storing the fuel and accommodating the secondary pump, an outflow part causing part of the fuel flowing from the first pipeline through the secondary pump to the second pipeline in the tank to flow outward, a third pipeline returning, to a suction side of the primary pump, gas-liquid mixed fuel generated by vaporizing the fuel flowing out from the outflow part, and a preloading part in one of portions of a circulation path formed between the primary pump and the tank by the first pipeline and the third pipeline and preloading the fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: MIKUNI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryouji Ehara
  • Patent number: 11339753
    Abstract: A sender gauge adaptor includes an adaptor body pressed against a bottom wall of a fuel tank by a spring. The adaptor body includes a suction inlet part having a hollow cylindrical shape that opens downward. Recesses allowing fluid communication between the interior and the exterior of the suction inlet part and projection parts having a polygonal-shaped lower surfaces are alternately arranged in the circumferential direction along a lower end of the suction opening. The adaptor body includes a seat part in surface contact with the bottom wall of the fuel tank at a position below the lower surfaces of the projection parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Inventors: Takehiro Yamauchi, Koji Yoshida, Takashi Kanie
  • Patent number: 11333114
    Abstract: The invention relates to an inlet structure of a reservoir pot, comprising a base plate, which can be arranged in an operating medium tank with the formation of a receiving volume below the base plate, and a plurality of first elements which extend from the base plate, wherein the first elements are at least partially spaced apart from one another, and operating medium can flow between the first elements into the receiving volume and can flow out of the receiving volume, wherein the first elements present a greater flow resistance in the outflow direction than in the inflow direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bastian Landeck, Christoph Laumer, Raul Ramos Alonso, Benjamin Schimpf, Christian Treml
  • Patent number: 11326567
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a method and an assembly for delivering fuel in a fuel tank (10), wherein the fuel tank comprises at least a first chamber (12) having a module pot (18) disposed therein and at least a first pump (30) adapted to deliver fuel from the first chamber to the module pot, and wherein a fuel pump (20) for delivering fuel to an engine is disposed within the module pot. In order to minimize the duty cycle of the pumps and therefore the energy consumption, it is proposed according to the present disclosure that a sensor device (22) is used to detect a predetermined minimum fill level in the module pot, wherein the pump disposed in the first chamber is activated when the minimum fill level is reached and is deactivated after a predetermined time interval or when a predetermined higher fill level in the module pot is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: TI AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventor: Radu-Paul Pintilie
  • Patent number: 11319911
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve includes: a coil; a stationary core to generate a magnetic force; a movable structure including a moving core and a valve body and internally having a movable flow passage; and a body that internally accommodates the movable structure and internally has a part of the flow passage. The movable structure includes a throttle portion at which a passage area of the movable flow passage is partially throttled. The flow passage includes a throttle flow passage defined by the throttle portion and a separate flow passage between the movable structure and the body. A passage area of the separate flow passage is smaller than a passage area of the throttle flow passage. A position of the separate flow passage in a direction perpendicular to a moving direction of the movable structure is different from an outermost peripheral position of the moving core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Saizen, Shuichi Matsumoto, Keita Imai, Moriyasu Goto
  • Patent number: 11313333
    Abstract: A fuel pump includes: an electric motor; a pump stage drivable by the electric motor; and a fuel pump housing configured to accommodate the electric motor and the pump stage. The fuel pump housing has a first housing part configured to accommodate the electric motor and a second housing part configured to accommodate the pump stage. One or both of the first housing part and the second housing part are made of a conductive plastic adapted to dissipate static charges to a ground potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Becker, Michael Bämpfer, Jens Missun, Marc Völker
  • Patent number: 11300083
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a fuel system that includes two separate fuel tanks are disclosed. In one example, fuel may be purged from a fuel rail in response to Reid vapor pressure of a fuel so that engine starting may be improved. A fuel with a higher Reid vapor pressure may be pumped into the fuel rail when the engine is expected to be cold started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Aed Dudar
  • Patent number: 11293331
    Abstract: Provided is a cover structure for an air-cooled engine to be cooled by cooling air generated by a cooling fan, the cover structure including: a fan housing covering the cooling fan and configured to guide the cooling air to a cylinder unit, the fan housing being formed with an opening part for maintenance of the cylinder unit; and a debris cover removably attached to the fan housing so as to close the opening part. The fan housing is formed with an air guide plate that constitutes a part of an outer periphery of the fan housing. The air guide plate includes a proximal end portion and a distal end portion extending from the proximal end portion to a cooling fin of the cylinder unit. A reinforcing plate for securing rigidity of the fan housing is formed at the proximal end portion of the air guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Inventor: Ren Toriizuka
  • Patent number: 11268503
    Abstract: A system of fuel delivery assemblies is provided. In one example, the system includes two separate fuel pump assemblies each having a reservoir with an interior to receive fuel. Each reservoir has at least one dimension that is different than the other reservoir. A housing is adapted to be separately coupled to each of the reservoirs so that a cartridge may be separately used with both fuel pump assemblies. The cartridge orients at least one fuel system component relative to the reservoir to which the reservoir is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: TI GROUP AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Aleksander Byrski, Richard Cerini, Lynwood F. Crary, Alastair R. Deane, Emmanuel Demance, Krzysztof Podstawny, Tadeusz Skiba
  • Patent number: 11215152
    Abstract: In at least some implementations, an adapter, for a fuel pump having a casing, has a base having an axis and an opening through which fluid may flow, and multiple tabs connected to the base. The tabs are circumferentially spaced apart with a void between at least part of the tabs, and at least two tabs have a contact portion that extends radially inwardly to define a minimum diameter opening between the tabs. Each contact portion extends along a portion less than all of the surface areas of the radially inner surface of the tabs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Walbro LLC
    Inventors: Darin R. Billot, Elton J. Fisch
  • Patent number: 11215150
    Abstract: The fuel filling system of a fuel pump reservoir includes: a reservoir mounted in a fuel tank; a fuel pump mounted in the reservoir and configured to deliver the fuel in the reservoir to an engine and to discharge a portion of the fuel to a fuel branch line; a relief valve disposed on a fuel supply line and configured to release pressure applied to the fuel supply line; a first jet pump configured to fill the reservoir with the fuel using fuel jet flow from the fuel branch line; a second jet pump configured to fill the reservoir with the fuel using fuel jet flow from a fuel return line; and a fuel pump control module (FPCM) configured to control operation of the second jet pump based on a driving mode of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keun Soo Kim, Jung Hoon Park, Dong Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 11174824
    Abstract: A fuel tank cover (150) is provided with a flange unit (22) closing an opening of a fuel tank, and a joint member (24) configured to be connected to the flange unit (22) movably in the upward/downward direction. The flange unit (22) includes a side tubular portion (43) extending in the upward/downward direction. The joint member (24) includes a columnar portion (160) extending in the upward/downward direction. The columnar portion (160) is inserted into the side tubular portion (43) movably in the upward/downward direction. A metal retainer (162) is provided to cover an outer circumferential surface of the columnar portion (160).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Ito, Koji Yoshida, Kensuke Niwa, Shuhei Noguchi
  • Patent number: 11125196
    Abstract: An assembly includes a mounting flange, support, carrier, reservoir and fuel pump. The mounting flange has a fluid passage extending through the mounting flange. The support is coupled to the mounting flange, and the carrier is coupled to the support with the weight of the carrier acting in compression on the support. The reservoir is carried by at least one of the carrier and the mounting flange with the weight of the reservoir acting on the carrier and/or the mounting flange, and the reservoir defining an interior. The fuel pump is carried by at least one of the carrier and the reservoir, the fuel pump has an inlet received within the reservoir interior and an outlet from which pressurized fuel is discharged from the fuel pump when the fuel pump is operating. The support defines at least part of a passage that is communicated with a fluid source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Walbro LLC
    Inventors: Darin R. Billot, George M. Pattullo
  • Patent number: 11118549
    Abstract: A cover for a fuel tank includes a flange unit configured to close an opening of the fuel tank and a joint member connected to the flange unit. The joint member is movable in an upward/downward direction. The flange unit includes a side tubular portion extending in the upward/downward direction. The joint member includes a support column portion extending in the upward/downward direction. The support column portion is movably disposed in the side tubular portion so as to be movable in the upward/downward direction. The support column portion is connected to the side tubular portion by a snap-fit so as to be movable and suspendable in the upward/downward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Ito, Koji Yoshida, Kensuke Niwa, Masashi Go, Takashi Kanie
  • Patent number: 11118551
    Abstract: A fuel supply device includes a pump unit, a lid unit and a strut linking unit. The pump unit is located on a bottom of a fuel tank for discharging fuel from the fuel tank to an outside thereof. The lid unit is attached to an upper wall of the fuel tank to close an opening formed in the upper wall. The lid unit has a fuel discharge port. The strut linking unit connects the lid unit to the pump unit. The strut linking unit includes an upper-side strut member, which is formed as an independent component from the lid unit. The strut linking unit includes a lower-side strut member, which is movably connected to the upper-side strut member in a vertical direction. The upper-side strut member is connected to the lid unit by a snap-fit connection. A connecting portion between the upper-side strut member and the lid unit has a stress concentration portion, which is preferentially damaged when an external force is applied to the strut linking unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihiro Hayashi, Tetsuro Okazono, Teppei Matsumoto, Yoshihisa Sanami, Kazuaki Ae
  • Patent number: 11111891
    Abstract: A fuel supply device includes a flange, a pump unit, a supporting pillar, and a boss. The flange is attached to an opening portion of a fuel tank. The supporting pillar supports a sub tank such that the sub tank is positioned closer to and away from the flange. The boss is fixed at the flange and an end of the supporting pillar is inserted into the boss. The boss is made of a material different from that of the flange. The boss includes a stress concentration portion that is preferentially broken when a force equal to or greater than a predetermined value is applied to an end portion of the supporting pillar in an axis perpendicular direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuto Sato, Yuuji Hirata, Tsuyoshi Arai, Yukimasa Fukaya, Toshihiko Muramatsu
  • Patent number: 11104220
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a plastic tank, particularly a plastic fuel tank, with a pot-like installation body arranged on the inside of the tank, as well as a method for producing the same. According to the present disclosure, a ring body is provided which is arranged on an end portion of the installation body (24), wherein the ring body is engaged in an undercut section in the tank wall, and the installation body is engaged in the ring body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: TI AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Alex Ehler, Albert J. Boecker, Patrick Gmund, Peter Grauer, Gerrit Michaelis, Matthias B. Olbrich, Ahmad Chehade, Moez Haouala
  • Patent number: 11092116
    Abstract: A fuel system for an engine is provided. A fuel injector of the engine has an injector inlet and an injector outlet. The fuel system includes a fuel vapor separator, a fuel supply conduit, an injector conduit, a fuel return conduit, and a vapor return conduit. A first end of each of the fuel supply, injector and vapor return conduits is fluidly connected to the fuel vapor separator. A first end of the fuel return conduit is fluidly connectable to a fuel tank. A second end of the fuel supply conduit is fluidly connectable to the fuel tank. A second end of the injector conduit is fluidly connectable to the injector inlet. A second end of the fuel return conduit is fluidly connectable to the injector outlet. A second end of the vapor return conduit is fluidly connectable to the fuel tank. A marine outboard engine is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Inventors: George Broughton, Mark C. Noble, Richard McChesney, Jeffrey Wasil
  • Patent number: 11085407
    Abstract: In at least some implementations, a fuel supply module includes a reservoir and a fuel pump carried by the reservoir. The reservoir may include a body and a lid that define an internal volume to contain a supply of fuel, and the reservoir may include an inlet through which fuel enters the internal volume and an outlet from which fuel is discharged from the fuel supply module. The fuel pump is carried by the reservoir and has a first inlet communicating with the internal volume to take fuel into the fuel pump from the internal volume and a second inlet spaced above the first inlet relative to the direction of the force of gravity to take fluid or vapors into the fuel pump from the internal volume. The fuel pump includes an outlet from which fluid is discharged for delivery to an engine through the reservoir outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Walbro LLC
    Inventors: Eric D. Anderson, Travis P. Baur, Elton J. Fisch, Cyrus M. Healy, Kevin L. Israelson, Gerald J. LaMarr, Jr., Robby L. Linton, Edward J. Talaski
  • Patent number: 11053898
    Abstract: A saddle riding vehicle includes: a body frame; a fuel tank; an upright internal combustion engine; a fuel injection device; and a high-pressure fuel pump. The high-pressure fuel pump is configured to be driven by one of an intake-side camshaft and an exhaust-side camshaft. The high-pressure fuel pump is mounted on an upper surface of a cylinder head cover in an attitude inclined rearward toward the other of the camshafts. The high-pressure fuel pump can thus be protected from disturbances from the sides, and the length of a high-pressure pipe for feeding fuel from the high-pressure fuel pump to the fuel injection device can be shortened. The vehicle protects the high-pressure fuel pump from disturbances from the sides, and prevents acceleration of vaporization of fuel by reducing heat which the high-pressure fuel pump receives from the cylinder block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Omori, Katsunori Komuro, Yoshiteru Oikawa, Tatsuya Kawate
  • Patent number: 11020695
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pump cartridge, which is directly connected in-line with one or more filter cartridges in a mounting bracket. It may be paired with an accumulator tank for a pump version, and with no accumulator tank for a smart pump version. The inline design reduces the size of the system, the amount of connections, and the amount of hose required to install the system, which in turn reduces the space required for installation, the number of potential leak paths, and the likelihood of failure of the system due to issues with the hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: FLOW CONTROL LLC
    Inventors: Humberto V. Meza, Bernard L. Perkins
  • Patent number: 10989101
    Abstract: A coolant delivery device for an internal combustion engine, in particular for a motor vehicle, includes a pump, a an activatable electric motor, a shut-off valve, a return line, a heating device, and a common module housing. The pump is configured to deliver liquid coolant, and includes a suction port configured to connect to a tank, and a pressure port for the coolant and which is assigned to the engine. The motor is configured to drive the pump. The valve is assigned to the suction port. The return line is configured to connect to the tank, and includes at least one check valve. At least the pump, motor, valve, heating device, and the at least one check valve together form a delivery module and are positioned in the common module housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Ingmar Burak, Peter Schenk, Simon Obergfaell
  • Patent number: 10920722
    Abstract: In at least some implementations, a wire includes a core formed from an electrically conductive material and having an outer surface, and a polymeric insulator surrounding the core. The insulator has a resistivity of between 105 and 109 ohms/square, and the insulator has an inner surface engaged with the core. In at least some implementations, the core is formed from metal and has a conductivity of at least 1×10?6 ?m. The insulator may include a base material and a conductive material in the base material, wherein the conductive material has a conductivity between 105 and 106 ohms/square. The insulator may have an outer surface that defines an outer surface of the wire and/or the insulator may have an inner surface engaged with the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Walbro LLC
    Inventor: Edward J. Talaski
  • Patent number: 10819944
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that capture video in mobile applications and automatically archive the captured videos using short-range communications with a network storage device. In various embodiments, the archival is triggered by proximity to the wireless network device. In various embodiments, other triggers, such as those provided by location-based services are used to initiate archival via a wireless protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Chandra Shaker Buddhavaram, Jean-Pierre Ruster
  • Patent number: 10808659
    Abstract: A fuel delivery unit in a fuel tank includes a fuel pump drivable by an electric motor. The fuel pump has at least one suction jet pump for delivering fuel, the suction jet pump being operated by a propulsion jet that is deliverable by the fuel pump. The fuel pump is arranged in a swirl pot, which is fillable by the suction jet pump, and the fuel pump has a first outlet, through which fuel is deliverable to a consumer, and a second outlet openable or closable by a valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventor: Stefan Kleineberg
  • Patent number: 10794342
    Abstract: A pump unit includes an insertion guide member that extends in a longitudinal direction of the pump unit and is used to guide the pump unit at a time of inserting the pump unit into an opening portion of a fuel tank. The insertion guide member includes a stopper portion and a guide portion that are arranged along an edge part of the insertion guide member. When the pump unit is projected in the longitudinal direction onto a plane of projection, the stopper portion protrudes outward from an imaginary circle, which has a fitting portion's diameter, on the plane of projection. The guide portion guides the pump unit in a rotational direction relative to a stay. A cross section of the pump unit taken along a guide portion orthogonal plane is set to be within the imaginary circle, which has the fitting portion's diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Maruyama, Shingo Fukuoka, Rui Adachi, Tetsuro Okazono, Norihiro Hayashi, Atsushi Kamiyama, Junichi Takatsuji
  • Patent number: 10781776
    Abstract: A cover of a fuel supply module is adapted to disable a flow path through a designated port. An element is press-fit into the designated port to plug the designated port, and thermoplastic material is molded over an interface defined between the element and the designated port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Paul Mason, David Toutant, Daniel E. Smith, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10767531
    Abstract: An operating liquid tank for a motor vehicle, comprising a tank wall enclosing a tank volume that can be filled with an operating liquid, a filling arrangement designed for introducing operating liquid into the tank volume, and a removal arrangement designed for the removal of operating liquid from the tank volume, wherein the removal arrangement comprises a pump assembly with a pump and a pump drive, the pump assembly comprises at least two assembly components that are formed separately from one another and are or can be coupled magnetically to one another, and of which a first assembly component as drive component comprises at least one part of the pump drive and a second assembly component as conveying component comprises a conveying part of the pump that can be driven by the pump drive relative to a conveying component housing for movement, wherein the tank wall extends between the drive component and the conveying component and physically separates the conveying component located on the inner face of the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Röchling Automotive SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Luca Marini, Ivan De Metri, Fabrizio Chini
  • Patent number: 10704514
    Abstract: A coupling stay includes a support inner peripheral surface extending along a rotational axis and providing radial support to a rotatable shaft portion of a pump unit, which extends along the rotational axis. A support lateral surface extends in a longitudinal direction and provides thrust support to the pump unit. The support inner peripheral surface extends from the support lateral surface in the transverse direction. A lock claw projects from the coupling stay. A lock projection projects from the pump unit and is operable to lock rotation of the pump unit relative to the coupling stay about the rotational axis upon fitting of the lock projection between the support lateral surface and the lock claw. A height of a contact part of the lock projection, which contacts the support lateral surface, is limited to be equal to or lower than the rotational axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyomori Kobayashi, Rui Adachi, Norihiro Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10669976
    Abstract: A fuel supply device includes: a cover attached to an upper wall of a fuel tank; a pump unit disposed on a bottom wall of the fuel tank; and a connecting strut that connects the cover and the pump unit with each other. The pump unit includes: a unit body supported by the connecting strut in a radial direction and a thrust direction, and a fuel pump arranged on the unit body to pump fuel drawn from the fuel tank toward an internal-combustion engine. The fuel pump is located offset toward the connecting strut from a width center of a width from a thrust support part where the unit body is supported by the connecting strut to an end part of the unit body opposite from the connecting strut in a specific transverse direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Fukuoka, Norihiro Hayashi, Tetsuro Okazono
  • Patent number: 10662912
    Abstract: A fuel pressure regulator and fuel filter assembly includes: a housing, having a connecting end having a fuel channel; a filter element, located in an accommodating cavity of the housing; a cover plate, located at a second end of the housing; a rear cover, having one end being an opening end and another end being a spring seat, and a sidewall, the opening end being connected to the housing; a spring, a first end thereof being pressed against the spring seat; a seal arranged in the rear cover, a second end of the spring being pressed against the seal; and a fixing ring that fixes the rear cover to the connecting end of the housing, the fixing ring being welded by laser to the connecting end. When fuel pressure is no greater than a spring preload, the seal closes the fuel channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Yonglin Huang, Dong Su, Dieter Hagist
  • Patent number: 10584701
    Abstract: A fluid pump includes an inlet plate with an inlet; an outlet plate, the outlet plate having an outlet plate outlet passage; an outlet; an electric motor having a shaft which rotates; a pumping element coupled to the shaft such that rotation of the pumping element by the shaft causes fluid to be pumped from the inlet to the outlet, the inlet plate interfacing with the pumping element in an inlet sealing surface interface and the outlet plate interfacing with the pumping element in an outlet sealing surface interface; a purge passage which receives fluid from the outlet plate outlet passage, the purge passage being in fluid communication with the inlet sealing surface interface and the outlet sealing surface interface; and a filter downstream of the outlet plate outlet passage which filters fluid that passes through the purge passage prior to reaching the inlet and outlet sealing surface interfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES IP LIMITED
    Inventor: John G. Fischer
  • Patent number: 10562392
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a baffle system of a fuel tank. In one example, a baffle system for a fuel tank may include a horizontal section and a vertical section, where the vertical section is arranged perpendicular to the horizontal section and includes a first end coupled to the horizontal section. The vertical section may be rigidly attached to a top surface of the fuel tank via an attachment interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Francisco Javier Gomez Mata, Mayur C. Shah, Dhaval P. Vaishnav, Luis Felipe Blas Martinez, Mike Dong
  • Patent number: 10544762
    Abstract: A fuel supply device includes a flange unit configured to be attached to an upper wall of a fuel tank to close an opening of the fuel tank, a pump unit configured to be disposed within the fuel tank, and a coupling mechanism moveably coupling the pump unit to the flange unit in a vertically slidable manner. The coupling mechanism includes a fixed-side rail member having a rail portion extending vertically from the flange unit, and a movable-side rail member having a channel-groove shaped rail groove extending from the pump unit. The channel-groove shaped rail groove is slidably engaged with the rail portion of the fixed-side rail member. A recess having a semi-circular cross section is formed at a corner of the rail groove of the movable-side rail member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsuki Fukui, Koji Yoshida, Akira Iida, Shinya Higashi, Morihiro Takemura, Hiroyasu Kariya, Takeaki Morizono, Takuhito Fujiwara, Kensuke Niwa, Takehiro Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 10533710
    Abstract: A vehicle such as a terminal or yard tractor used for freight spotting is provided with one or more individual, portable LPG cylinders of the type used by forklifts facilitating tank swapping on an as-needed basis for reduced downtime. Each auxiliary cylinder is a portable, removable and replaceable cylinder having a fuel capacity less than that of the vehicle's primary tank. A controller interfaced to a sensor and a pump is operative to pump fuel from the auxiliary LPG cylinder and into the fuel line to refill the primary LPG tank when the fuel level of the primary tank falls below a predetermined level. The invention may be factory-installed onto the vehicle, or may be provided as a kit enabling an existing vehicle to be retrofitted with the auxiliary LPG cylinder(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Inventors: Francis H. Tubbert, III, Harold E. King
  • Patent number: 10436143
    Abstract: A method and a system for control of a low-pressure circuit in a fuel system of a vehicle, which circuit is arranged to provide the vehicle's engine with fuel from at least one fuel tank via a pressure change system. The system includes a determination unit to make a determination of a future working point for the engine. The determination unit bases this determination on information about a section of road ahead. The system also has a pump operating unit which operates at least one controllable fuel pump which is part of the low-pressure circuit. The pump operating unit bases this operation on the future working point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: SCANIA CV AB
    Inventors: Dan Cedfors, Kim Kylström, Patrik Fogelberg, Anders Jonsson, Carina Forsberg
  • Patent number: 10385834
    Abstract: A diaphragm pump includes a driving assembly, a pump body, a connecting rod assembly, a photoelectric shielding sheet, and a photoelectric sensor. The driving assembly includes a base seat and an electric motor provided to the base seat. The pump body is connected to the base seat to define a chamber. The connecting rod assembly is disposed in the chamber and includes an eccentric wheel connected with an electric motor shaft of the electric motor. The photoelectric shielding sheet is separately provided to the eccentric wheel and rotates synchronously with the eccentric wheel and the electric motor shaft. The photoelectric sensor is provided to the base seat and cooperates with the photoelectric shielding sheet to detect a rotational speed of the electric motor shaft and send a signal to a motor controller. The motor controller adjusts the rotational speed of the electric motor shaft according to the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: TAIKO INVESTMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Pohan Chang
  • Patent number: 10294900
    Abstract: A selective fuel regulator includes: a fuel tank having therein a cold-area-purpose fuel storage unit and a general-purpose fuel storage unit, a cold-area-purpose fuel pipe connected to the cold-area-purpose fuel storage unit, and a general-purpose fuel pipe connected to the general-purpose fuel storage unit; a body installed in the fuel tank, the body having therein a receiving space; a plurality of pipes, one end of each pipe located in the fuel tank, and the other end of each pipe located in the receiving space in order to supply fuel from the fuel tank to an engine or to collect residual fuel from the engine; a fuel port, one end of the fuel port located in the receiving space, and the other end of the fuel port located outside the body in order to connect the plurality of pipes to a fuel line installed outside the fuel tank; and a connector located between the one end of the fuel port and the respective other ends of the plurality of pipes so as to slide between the cold-area-purpose fuel pipe and the ge
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Hyeon Gi Shin
  • Patent number: 10272368
    Abstract: A filter element for filtering liquids has a folded filter medium with outer fold edges and inner fold edges, wherein the inner and outer fold edges extend along a longitudinal axis of the filter element. A support body is provided with a first support body section and a second support body section, wherein the first support body section is facing the inner fold edges and hugs closely an envelope of the inner fold edges. An envelope of the outer fold edges and the second support body section hug closely at least sectionwise an outer circumferential surface of the filter element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Klein, Frank Bartel, Jobst Eisengraeber-Pabst, Anton Kreiner, Pamela Gohl, Lars Spelter, Armando Labarta, Michael Fasold, Ulrich Dehnen, Christopher Marc Sturgess
  • Patent number: 10259313
    Abstract: An in-tank fuel pump assembly may have a mounting flange with a plurality of first couplings, a fuel pump, a carrier connected to the fuel pump, a plurality of second couplings on at least one of the carrier and the fuel pump, and a plurality of supports each connected to one or the first and second couplings to locate the pump relative to the mounting flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Walbro LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Hanby, Kevin L. Israelson, Douglas W. Salowitz, Jr., Roger N. Smith, David L. Speirs
  • Patent number: 10247597
    Abstract: A fuel pump assembly includes an attachment section and a pump housing. The attachment section includes an upper telescoping section having an outer portion and a support rod that extends into the outer portion for telescoping movement with respect thereto. The support rod further extends downward from the outer portion. The pump housing is supported to a lower end of the support rod of the attachment section. The upper telescoping section of the support rod is configured such that the pump housing is movable between a first position and a second position, such that in the first position the pump housing is retained by the upper telescoping structure a first distance away from the attachment section and in the second position the pump housing is located a second distance away from the attachment section. The first distance is greater than the second distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Flynn, Jason Easter
  • Patent number: 10167775
    Abstract: An auxiliary machine drive device for an engine includes a fuel pump including first and second sprockets mounted on a rear end surface of an engine body; a starter disposed below the fuel pump; a drive sprocket and a crankshaft sprocket fixed to a crankshaft; an oil pump including an oil pump sprocket disposed below the drive sprocket; an intake camshaft including an intake camshaft sprocket, and disposed on the upper side of the engine body than the fuel pump; a balancer drive shaft including a balancer shaft sprocket disposed on the exhaust side than the crankshaft and below the crankshaft; a first chain wound between the crankshaft sprocket and a first sprocket; a second chain wound between the intake camshaft sprocket and a second sprocket: and a third chain wound between the drive sprocket, the oil pump sprocket, and the balancer shaft sprocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta Honda, Tomohiro Koguchi
  • Patent number: 10145342
    Abstract: A fuel supply device includes a fuel pump, a filter case, a fuel passage, a discharge passage, and a residual pressure holding valve. A communication port opens at a shifted position of the fuel passage that is positionally shifted from the residual pressure holding valve toward the discharge passage. The fuel passage includes an outside passage part through which fuel flows from the communication port toward the discharge passage, and an inside passage part that throttles a flow of fuel flowing from the communication port toward the residual pressure holding valve more than the outside passage part. When a passage cross-sectional area of the inside passage part is converted into a passage cross-sectional area of a circular pipe, D which is a passage diameter of the circular pipe, and L which is a length of the inside passage part satisfy a relational expression of L/D?3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, KYOSAN DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideto Takahashi, Masaharu Oohashi, Tetsuro Okazono, Hironobu Oki
  • Patent number: 10138906
    Abstract: A common width direction, along which a passage width of a communication passage section and a passage width of a pressurizing passage are defined, is perpendicular to an extending direction of a flow restricting passage section. A first passage wall surface and a second passage wall surface, which define the communication passage section therebetween, are opposed to each other in the common width direction. The flow restricting passage section opens in the first passage wall surface. The second passage wall surface is concavely curved relative to the first passage wall surface toward the flow restricting passage section, so that the passage width of the communication passage section is progressively reduced toward the flow restricting passage section within a predetermined range that is equal to or smaller than the passage width of the pressurizing passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihiro Hayashi, Kiyomori Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10124791
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a fuel tank, a jet pump and a controller. The fuel tank has a passive side and an active side. Each of the sides includes a fuel level indicator. The jet pump is disposed within the active side and is configured to maintain a fuel level above a first threshold, based on each of the indicators, on the active side by siphoning fuel from the passive side during operation in a combustion mode. The controller is configured to, in response a battery charge level being below a second threshold during operation in an electric mode and a detected hill climb via a route guidance system, activate the jet pump to siphon fuel such that a fuel level within the active side rises above the first threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Aed M. Dudar
  • Patent number: 10106033
    Abstract: A fuel collection device for a motor vehicle, includes: a splash pot; and a prefilter arranged in a bottom region of the splash pot. The prefilter has first annular part structures and second annular part structures, the first and second annular part structures being arranged so as to lie opposite one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Marc Gerhardt