Abstract: A system for delivering fuel to an internal combustion engine wherein excess fuel from a fuel pump is diverted by a pressure regulator to supply low pressure fuel to power a jet pump. The low pressure created by the jet pump entrains fuel from the fuel tank and the combined flow is directed into a reservoir for inlet to the fuel pump.

Abstract: A filter system forming part of the fuel system of a compression ignition engine includes a housing which carries a filter element. The housing has a first inlet which opens into a chamber defined between the housing and chamber the first inlet being connected to a fuel tank, and a first outlet for fuel which has passed through the element and which is connected to a fuel injection pump. The housing has a second inlet which is connected to the chamber and receives heated fuel from the fuel pump and a second outlet which is connected to the chamber through a port. The second outlet is connected to the fuel tank. A third outlet is connected to the second inlet and is connected to a flame type starting aid of the engine. Valve means responsive to the temperature of the fuel in the chamber controls fuel flow through said port.

Abstract: A pressure regulator includes a case having a fuel inlet port for receiving fuel from a fuel pump, a fuel outlet port for delivering fuel to an internal combustion engine, and an opening. A valve element is attached to an elastic diaphragm that closes the opening. The valve element has a discharge passage for discharging excess fuel by allowing the interior and the exterior of the case partitioned by the elastic diaphram to communicate with each other. A spring seat is provided in the case in face-to-face relation to the valve element in such a manner as to close the discharge passage of the valve element during pressure contact. A spring is also provided for bringing the valve element into pressure contact with the valve seat with a predetermined pressure.

Abstract: A fuel pump and a fuel filter inside a fuel tank and a pressure regulator are supported by a cover closing for an opening of the fuel tank. The fuel sucked by the fuel pump flows into the fuel filter and flows out to the lower side chamber of a filter housing after being filtered by an element. The fuel consumed at the fuel consumption device such as an internal combustion engine is supplied through a fuel passage extending upward from the lower side chamber of the filter housing. On the other hand, water mixed in the fuel is accumulated in the lower side chamber. Especially, glass fibers having high water affinity is mixed in the filter element, so that water is trapped, becomes water drops, and fall to the lower side chamber. Water drops return to the fuel tank with surplus fuel through the pressure regulator disposed at the bottom of the housing.

Abstract: The device comprises a pressure pump for pumping fuel from a reservoir to a ressure duct connected to an accumulator. This supplies a series of injectors for an internal combustion engine. The device further includes a pair of solenoid valves disposed between the pump and the accumulator, which are controlled by an electronic unit as a function of data on the pressure in the accumulator detected by a sensor. The solenoid valve is normally closed to discharge fuel received from the pump into the reservoir and is opened to deliver this fuel to the accumulator. On the other hand the solenoid valve is normally open to deliver fuel received to the accumulator and is closed to discharge the fuel from the accumulator into the reservoir. Between the two solenoid valves and is disposed a non-return valve.

Abstract: A low-pressure fuel filter is disposed in a fuel-return pipe from the fuel pressure regulator. In a portion of the fuel-return pipe between the fuel pressure regulator and a fuel element of the low-pressure fuel filter, a bypass device which includes, for example, a jet pump or an aperture may be provided so that fuel can flow back to the fuel tank, bypassing the fuel filter when the fuel filter is blocked.

Abstract: A fuel pump for a high-pressure fuel injection system is constituted by integrating into a single pump unit 15 a high-pressure fuel pump 4 for supplying high-pressure fuel to injectors 8 for injecting high-pressure fuel into cylinders of an engine 16 and a solenoid valve unit 6 for controlling the fuel pressure of the high-pressure fuel pump 4, and the pump unit 15 is adapted for mounting on the engine. The configuration decreases required installation space, enables use of a common heat installation system and reduces the number of installation steps.

Abstract: A liquid propane fuel storage and delivery system for a vehicle engine with a fluid handling component module removably top-mounted on an appropriate vehicle-mounted pressurized liquid propane fuel storage tank.

Abstract: An in-tank type fuel pump which can easily be installed and reduces the vibration caused by the fuel pump. The fuel pumped up by a pump part passes through a filter to have foreign matter contained therein removed. Then, the fuel flows from a fuel passage, through an opening part in a cap, into a recessed part and a second fuel passage. The fuel that has flowed into the second fuel passage lifts a check valve and flows into the recessed part. Then, the fuel flows through a third fuel passage to a discharge pipe, and then is guided to the outside of the fuel tank. A ball moves within a large-diameter passage according to the fuel pressure to regulate the fuel pressure required for fuel injection. When the fuel pumping is ceased, the fuel pressure falls to 0, and therefore the ball is forced to contact a valve seat by the spring force of a compression coil spring. Then, the head part of the check valve is forced to contact a valve seat to block the fuel passage.

Abstract: A power fluid heating system according to this invention includes a heating apparatus positioned within a power fluid container having a first power fluid pickup conduit, a second power fluid pickup conduit positioned within the first power fluid pickup conduit, and a heat exchanger for directly heating both the power fluid in the container and the power fluid in the first and second pickup conduits. The power fluid heating system also includes a water separating device. The water separating device includes a power fluid reservoir and a heat exchanger inside the reservoir. The power fluid heating system also includes a heat exchanger having heat exchange fluid medium passages for the flow of a heatable fluid through the passages so that the heated power fluid exiting the water separating device provides heat transfer to the heatable fluid.

Abstract: A fuel system has a fuel tank with a wall and a fuel delivery outlet through which fuel is delivered to the engine. The fuel tank has a fuel suction tube extending from the fuel delivery outlet into the fuel tank. Fuel is drawn to the engine from the fuel tank through the suction tube and the fuel delivery outlet. The fuel tank has a fuel cooling return inlet through which unused fuel warmed by the engine may be returned to the fuel tank and cooled. A fuel cooling conduit is coupled to the fuel cooling return inlet. The fuel cooling conduit has at least one fuel dispersing outlet through which fuel is dispersed onto the fuel tank wall to cool the fuel. A fuel warming return inlet is provided through which unused fuel warmed by the engine may be directed to flow adjacent the suction tube to heat the fuel being delivered through the suction tube to the engine. A shroud may also be provided to blend returning warm fuel with cooler fuel from the fuel tank that is flowing toward the suction tube.

Abstract: A motor-vehicle engine system has an internal-combustion four-cycle engine having a fuel-supply manifold, a substantially closed but vented fuel tank holding a supply of gasoline, a fuel pump having an input connected to the tank and an output, and a fuel-feed line connected between the fuel-pump output and the fuel-supply manifold. A controller connected to the engine and to the pump operates the fuel pump at a throughput rate directly related to an engine speed. Insulation at least surrounds and thermally insulates the fuel tank, fuel-feed line, and fuel-supply manifold from their surroundings. A return line connected to the fuel tank is provided with an overpressure valve that is controlled to open briefly only on startup of the engine.

Abstract: A fuel handling system for an internal combustion engine having a vapor separator for receiving fuel from a remote tank and a pump for delivering the fuel under high pressure to a fuel injector of the engine while providing vapor separation. The separator has an inlet for receiving fuel from the tank, an outlet for enabling fuel to be removed and delivered to the engine, at least one return for enabling fuel not used by the engine to be returned to the separator, and a vent for removing fuel vapor from a gas dome above a pool of liquid fuel within the separator. The inlet has a valve controlled by a float in the reservoir for admitting fuel to maintain the level of liquid fuel in the separator. To retard foaming and excessive vaporization of liquid fuel in the separator, the separator has a perforate baffle between any return and the liquid fuel pool.

Abstract: Arranged in the fuel tank is a reservoir into which fuel is pumped by a jet pump connected to a return line from the internal combustion engine. The jet pump has a jet nozzle which is arranged in a holder formed on the reservoir. Between its inlet opening and the propulsion-nozzle opening, the jet nozzle has a bypass opening which is connected to a stub projecting into the reservoir. At its end, the stub is provided with a seat which can be closed by a closing element. Arranged in the reservoir is a leaf spring which is fixed at one end and which presses the closing element onto the seat. Together with the closing element, the bypass opening forms a bypass valve which allows fuel to flow out of the jet nozzle if a certain pressure is exceeded.

Abstract: A pressure-limiting valve has a closure member (5) which, in its closed position, rests with initial stress against a valve seat (4) and has, on the side towards the valve seat (4), a shoulder (6) which can be formed by a circumferential flange (7) on the closure member (5). This induces enlargement of the opening stroke upon a slight opening of the closure member (5) as the flow strikes against the shoulder (6).

Abstract: A fuel injection system for engines and, in particular, internal combustion engines used on marine vessels, is disclosed including a fuel injection system having a supply port for receiving fuel at a rate in excess of the controlled rate, an injection port for discharging fuel into the engine at the controlled rate and a return port for conducting fuel in excess of that discharged from the injection port from the injection system. The fuel injection system also includes a pump having an inlet directly connected by a first conduit to a return port and an outlet directly connected by a second conduit to the supply port, a third conduit system for conducting fuel from the supply tank into the first conduit at a first location between the return port and the inlet, and a pressure regulating system for maintaining the pressure at the return port at a predetermined substantially constant super-atmospheric pressure.

Abstract: An arrangement for the supply of fuel to internal combustion engines with different mixing ratios of methanol and petrol, and continuous transition during operation between different mixtures thereof which arrangement includes a main tank (2) and a slave tank (4), which slave tank must be isolated from the main tank so that its mixing ratio is not varied by filling, enabling the engine to be started on the same fuel as that on which it was stopped. The engine is supplied with fuel by a fuel pump (7) arranged in the slave tank (4), which fuel pump also drives an ejector (6) arranged in the main tank (2), so that fuel is entrained from the main tank (2) to the slave tank (4). Only one fuel pump (7) is therefore required.

Abstract: A high pressure fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine includes a fuel feed pump which pressurizes fuel to a given feed pressure during the engine being operated, while immediately stops pressurizing the fuel when the engine is stopped. The system further includes a high pressure supply pump connected in series to the fuel feed pump for further pressurizing the fuel supplied from the fuel feed pump to a higher pressure. The system further includes a high pressure fuel reservoir which receives the high pressure fuel from the high pressure supply pump and supplies it to fuel injection valves for injection therefrom. A pressure relief valve is connected to the high pressure fuel reservoir at its one side and to the fuel feed pump at its other side. The pressure relief valve is arranged to be held closed when the given feed pressure is applied thereto from the fuel feed pump, that is, when the engine is operated.

Abstract: A fuel system has a fuel tank with a wall and a fuel delivery outlet through which fuel is delivered to the engine. The fuel tank has a fuel suction tube extending from the fuel delivery outlet into the fuel tank. Fuel is drawn to the engine from the fuel tank through the suction tube and the fuel delivery outlet. The fuel tank has a fuel cooling return inlet through which unused fuel warmed by the engine may be returned to the fuel tank and cooled. A fuel cooling conduit is coupled to the fuel cooling return inlet. The fuel cooling conduit has at least one fuel dispersing outlet through which fuel is dispersed onto the fuel tank wall to cool the fuel. A fuel warming return inlet is provided through which unused fuel warmed by the engine may be directed to flow adjacent the suction tube to heat the fuel being delivered through the suction tube to the engine. A shroud may also be provided to blend returning warm fuel with cooler fuel from the fuel tank that is flowing toward the suction tube.

Abstract: A holding flange (5) is detachably connected on its bottom to a coupling part (7) within a fuel chamber (2). A flexible hose (8) leading to a sucking-jet pump (9) and a spring action arm (10) for holding the sucking-jet pump (9) down on the bottom of the fuel chamber (2) are fastened to said coupling part (7). For mounting and removal, the coupling part (7) can be separated from the holding flange (5) together with the structural parts fastened to it.

Abstract: A delivery unit has a level transmitter in which it is possible that angular deviations of the flange and/or of the bottom of the fuel tank from the desired position have no no effect on the measuring precision of the level transmitter arranged on the delivery unit. The connection between the flange and the pump holder is longitudinally movable and rotatable, and the lower end of the pump holder can be centered in a swivellable manner on a bottom of the fuel tank or of a baffle pot.

Abstract: An anti-lock system for preventing vapor lock is disclosed. It has a temperature sensor which controls the vehicle fuel pump to circulate liquid fuel through the majority of the fuel system when the under hood temperature is above a certain level to maintain liquidity at all times and prevent the formation of vapor in the fuel system.

Abstract: A flow through pressure regulator as may be used in a fuel delivery system for a motor vehicle has a contained, but floating ball valve. The ball valve open and closes a central passageway through the diaphragm of the regulator. The diaphragm divides the interior of the regulator into 2 chambers, both of which has fuel. A retainer means supports the ball and allows both axial and radial movement and coupled with a small bias spring seating in a bore, the ball functions to automatically seat itself. The small bias spring does not interfere with the ball valve seating itself.

Abstract: A motor-vehicle engine system has an internal-combustion four-cycle engine having a fuel-supply manifold and operable at variable speed with a fuel requirement dependent on speed, a substantially closed but vented fuel tank holding a supply of gasoline, a fuel pump having an input connected to the tank and an output, and a fuel-feed line connected between the fuel-pump output and the fuel-supply manifold. A controller connected to the engine and to the pump operates the fuel pump at a throughput rate equal to between 5% and 40%, preferably 10% to 30%, more than the instantaneous fuel requirements of the engine. A return line connected to the fuel tank is provided with an overpressure valve that opens and returns to the tank fuel in the manifold that is in excess of the engine's instantaneous requirements and thereby maintains a predetermined constant pressure in the fuel-supply manifold.

Abstract: A fuel treatment apparatus and process is provided utilizing a blending head thereon defining a plurality of passages therein including a first passage and a second passage connected by a blending passage which includes a thermostat for blocking off the blending passage. The blending head functions to direct fuel into a fuel treatment apparatus having a settling chamber with a fuel introducing conduit passing through the top of the chamber and extending to a lower portion of the chamber to define a fuel inlet in the lower portion of the chamber. A buoyant valve is located within the conduit to permit fuel introduction during normal operation but to close off the conduit during periods of non-operation thus closing off fluid communication between the fuel treatment apparatus and the fuel tank. A fuel outlet is provided to remove the fuel after the treatment. A recess in the bottom of the chamber has a drain in the bottom thereof for the removal of moisture from the bottom of the chamber.

Abstract: An arrangement for supplying an internal combustion engine with fuel has a supply container with an opening, a feed pump insertable into the supply container through the opening, a closure part closing the opening and provided with a pressure regulator having a pressure chamber with a connection to a pressure side of the feed pump to an internal combustion engine and to an unloading chamber. The pressure regulator has a spring-loaded closing member controlling the connection with the unloading chamber and cooperating with a seat so that after exceeding of a predetermined pressure in the pressure chamber the connection of the pressure chamber to the unloading chamber is released. The closure part is composed of a synthetic plastic material and having a flange-like base body which closes the opening. The base body is provided with a depression and a pipe which is formed of one piece with the base body and extends into the depression to form the connection of the pressure chamber with the unloading chamber.

Abstract: An engine fuel supply system includes a fuel pumping unit located outside the fuel tank for pumping fuel from the tank to the engine. The pumping unit includes a motor operated fuel pump positioned in a reservoir that is partitioned to form a lower chamber and an upper chamber. The pump inlet is connected to the lower chamber for pumping fuel into a pressure line leading to the engine. Excess fuel not used by the engine cylinder injectors is returned to the upper chamber for eventual flow into the lower chamber and recycling through the pump. The upper chamber provides the pump with an emergency supply of fuel that can be called upon when the fuel tank is in an empty condition. The upper chamber also acts as a cooling device for cooling heated excess fuel returned from the engine to the pumping unit.

Abstract: An engine control is provided for compensating the fuel delivery to an internal combustion engine as a function of the energy content of the fuel. The engine control includes a fuel temperature sensor connected to an electronic controller. A memory device including a standard fuel delivery map stored therein is connected to the electronic controller. The electronic controller calculates a compensated fuel delivery map as a function of the standard fuel delivery map and the fuel temperature, and the controller issues a fuel delivery command based on the compensated fuel delivery map.

Abstract: An in-tank fuel pressure regulator having a through-passage member on the moveable wall for controlling the flow of fuel from the inlet to the outlet chambers of the regulator. The through-passage member has a central through-hole in which is positioned a valve seat that mates with a valve closure member that is in the inlet chamber. The valve closure member is a truncated sphere that is swivel mounted to maintain seal tight alignment with the valve seat.

Abstract: A flow-through type fuel pressure regulator having, for its valve element, a sphere laser-welded to the housing end wall of the fuel inlet chamber, and for its valve seat, a coined circular surface circumscribing a through-passage in an annular member at the center of a movable wall (diaphragm) that divides the fuel inlet chamber from the fuel outlet chamber and that is resiliently biased toward the fuel inlet chamber by a spring that is disposed in the fuel outlet chamber. The annular member includes a series of circumferentially spaced bars that form a cage for the sphere, allowing the sphere to guide the motion of the central region of the movable wall relative to the sphere substantially along the axis of the housing.

Abstract: A fuel delivery system has a fuel pump which draws fuel from a fuel tank to supply pressurized fuel to the fuel metering system of an internal combustion engine, and a conduit connecting the pump intake with an enclosed, pressurizable fuel reservoir for accumulating return fuel therein so as to provide a ready source of liquid fuel to the pump during conditions which cause insufficient fuel availability at the pump intake, such as low fuel tank level, sudden cornering, or grade parking. Pressurized return fuel fills the reservoir until a predetermined overflow pressure is reached and an overflow valve opens to allows fuel overage to flow into the fuel tank. When the fuel level in the tank drops below a predetermined level, the fuel level sender arm attached to the reservoir depresses a plunger to shut the overflow valve.

Abstract: A fuel tank includes a main tank portion and a sub-tank portion. The returned fuel returned from an internal combustion engine is returned through a return passage to each of the tank portions. The return passage is equipped with a distributing valve for adjusting the volume of the returned fuel to be returned to the main tank portion and the sub-tank portion according to the fuel temperature within the sub-tank portion. For example, when the fuel temperature within the sub-tank portion is lower than boiling point of the fuel, the distributing valve is controlled to return all of the returned fuel to the sub-tank portion, and when the fuel temperature is more than the boiling point of the fuel, the distributing valve is controlled to return the returned fuel to both tanks. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the evapotranspiration of fuel.

Abstract: An apparatus for supplying fuel in a fuel tank to an engine through a diaphragm type carburetor includes a fuel pump and an exhaust passage. The fuel pump includes a suction valve and a discharge valve and is driven by pulsation pressure caused by rotation of an engine. The fuel pump has a discharge port connected with a fuel inlet of the carburetor. At least one of the suction valve and the discharge valve of the fuel pump is so located as to be immersed in fuel of the same level as that of the fuel tank. The exhaust passage has one end communicating with a position between the fuel inlet of the carburetor and a diaphragm chamber and the other end communicating with the fuel tank.

Abstract: A main fuel tank in an automotive vehicle contains a reservoir in which is located a two-stage electrically operated pump. The first stage is a jet pump which draws fuel from the main tank and delivers it to the reservoir. The second stage is a rotary pump which draws from the reservoir and delivers to the vehicle engine. The reservoir has overflow restriction means which allows air to vent while the reservoir is filling but which restricts fuel flow when the reservoir is full. This creates pressure in the reservoir to create back pressure against and shut down flow from the jet pump and also increase pressure on the fuel inlet of the main pump thus increasing the efficiency of the main fuel pump.

Abstract: An apparatus for injecting fuel into an engine through fuel injectors connected to a fuel tank through a fuel supply passage having a fuel pump provided therein. The apparatus include a first pressure regulator provided in the fuel supply passage between the fuel pump and the fuel injectors for varying the amount of excess fuel returned through a first return passage to the fuel tank to maintain a first predetermined pressure differential across the fuel injectors. The apparatus also includes a second pressure regulator provided in the fuel supply passage downstream of the fuel injectors for varying the amount of excess fuel returned through a second return passage to the fuel tank to maintain a second predetermined pressure differential across the fuel injectors. The second predetermined pressure differential is higher than the first predetermined pressure differential. A control valve is provided in the first return passage.

Abstract: Fuel sender at a remote or terminal end of a suction circuit of a fuel system of a motor vehicle. The fuel sender includes an unsealed reservoir in a fuel tank of the vehicle replenished by return fuel from a return fuel circuit of the fuel system and a junction chamber in the reservoir communicating with the terminal end of the suction circuit and with each of a primary flow channel and a secondary flow channel. The primary flow channel terminates at a primary screen in the fuel tank outside the reservoir. The secondary flow channel terminates at a secondary screen inside the reservoir. The secondary flow channel is restricted relative to the primary flow channel so that vacuum in the suction circuit induces flow in the primary flow channel in preference to flow in the secondary channel. Under low fuel conditions, the primary flow channel is blocked and vacuum in the suction circuit induces flow in the secondary flow channel from the reservoir.

Abstract: A fuel pressure regulator for a no-return fuel system for an automotive engine with fuel injectors having a housing with a flexible diaphragm between first and second chambers. The second chamber has a fuel inlet receiving fuel from a fuel pump with a spring biased valve therein to admit fuel to the second chamber and an outlet to supply fuel to the engine. The second chamber is in continuous communication with the engine to accumulate any fuel expansion that may occur during engine deceleration or when the engine is turned off due to heating the fuel. The first chamber continuously communicates with the engine air intake manifold so that fuel is supplied to the engine fuel injectors at a substantially constant pressure drop across the injectors. An over-pressure relief by-pass valve responsive to pressure at said fuel inlet will by-pass fuel to a reservoir when pressure in said second chamber opens said spring biased valve.

Abstract: The description relates to a fuel tank serving to provide fuel to the internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle. The fuel tank contains a vessel arranged therein, from which vessel a delivery unit pumps fuel to the internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle and in which are arranged a plurality of jet pumps for filling the vessel, which jet pumps are connected to a line system which is charged with fuel by the delivery unit, the mixing tubes of the jet pumps opening out into the vessel. A reliable filling of the vessel with fuel is ensured in spite of the compact construction even when the tank is almost empty and under unfavorable operating conditions in that jet pumps connected in parallel to the line system are arranged at a common structural member and in that a suction line leads to each mixing tube, the openings of these suction lines remote of the structural member being situated in the tank at a distance from one another.

Abstract: A pressure reducing valve with a breathing hole is incorporated in a dome provided on the upper wall of a fuel tank and it is open to a vent pipe. A fuel cut valve with a leak hole is provided proximately to the pressure reducing valve. Opening-closing means are also provided on the port side of the fuel cut valve so as to actuate both the pressure reducing valve and the fuel cut valve. When an engine is running, the pressure of return fuel is applied to a float of the opening-closing means, whereby the pressure reducing valve is opened and the fuel cut valve is closed. When the engine is stationary, due to no pressure of return fuel, the float goes down to close the pressure reducing valve and open the fuel cut valve.

Abstract: A vapor separating unit for a fuel system and having particular application to a fuel system for a marine engine. The vapor separating unit includes a closed tank having a fuel inlet through which fuel is fed to the tank by a diaphragm pump. The liquid level in the tank is controlled by a float-operated valve. An electric pump is located within the vapor separating tank and has an inlet disposed in the tank and an outlet connected to a fuel rail assembly of the engine. Excess fuel from the fuel rail assembly is conducted back to the upper end of the vapor separator tank. A vapor venting mechanism is incorporated in the tank to vent vapor from the tank.

Abstract: A method of operating a low boiling point liquid fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine (1) wherein the fuel is stored in a tank (17) and has a variable vapour pressure in the tank (17) dependent upon ambient temperature. The method comprises pumping the fuel to the fuel inlet rail (15) and injectors (8, 9, 10, 11) at an absolute pressure which is maintained at a constant differential above the variable vapour pressure in the tank (17), monitoring the absolute pressure of the fuel and varying the fuel injection pulse width dependent upon the absolute pressure of the fuel together with the other usual engine parameters. The method has particular application where the fuel is a liquified gas.

Abstract: Normally, the fuel pressure in a forward-flow fuel pipe leading to an internal-combustion engine is controlled in such a manner that a pressure regulator branches off a partial flow into a return-flow pipe which leads without pressure into a fuel tank. Normally, the branch-off pipe as well as the pressure regulator are arranged close to the internal-combustion engine in a closed-off engine compartment, for example, of a motor vehicle. However, as a result, not only the fuel flow returned by way of the return-flow pipe will heat up but, as a result of the waste heat of the internal-combustion engine, also the fuel volume situated in the fuel tank. As a remedy, it is suggested to arrange the branch-off pipe as well as the pressure regulator outside the engine compartment close to the fuel tank. A reversing valve as well as a rinsing pipe are also suggested in order to rinse, after the start of the internal-combustion engine, the injection strip with the complete fuel flow delivered by the pump.

Abstract: A fuel pump manifold for a no-return fuel system for an automotive engine. The manifold has inlet and outlet passages with a check valve which opens when fuel is supplied to the engine and closes to prevent reverse flow of fuel when the outlet pressure is greater than the inlet pressure and a vent valve between the outlet and inlet and in parallel with the check valve which is normally closed and opens when the outlet pressure exceeds the inlet pressure by at least a predetermined minimum value which is usually the desired minimum pressure of fuel supplied to the operating engine when idling. Preferably, a normally closed pressure relief valve also communicates with the outlet to relieve overpressure of the outlet fuel supplied to the engine.

Abstract: A dual fuel tank system for a vehicle including a fill limiter tee disposed in the fill limiter line of the main fuel tank through which fuel is transferred from the auxiliary tank to the main tank and fluid can flow between the two tanks.

Abstract: A module which fits into a cup attached to the bottom of an automotive fuel tank contains a fuel pump, a fuel filter, a jet pump and associated manifold components for maintaining a minimum level of fuel in a reservoir to provide a continuous source of fuel to the fuel pump when the tank fuel level is low or when vehicle operations, such as cornering, braking, acceleration, or slope parking cause the tank fuel level to fall below the fuel pump inlet.

Abstract: A diesel engine system in which fuel in a fuel tank having an air space above a fuel level is pumped to a fuel injection system disposed in spaced relation above the fuel tank, and excess fuel is returned to the fuel tank air space via an uninterrupted fluid flow path between the injection system and the air space of the fuel tank. The fluid flow path has a cross sectional area selected such that air from the fuel tank air space flows counter to fuel returning to the fuel tank by gravity during non-operation of the diesel engine, to maintain the space vacated by returning fuel near atmospheric pressure.

Abstract: A high pressure fuel hose for disposition between a fluid connector on a fuel pump canister in a fuel reservoir and a fluid connector through the reservoir wall. The fuel hose, located intermediate the fuel delivery system and a check valve at the fuel pump, has a flexible tubular body characterized by a plurality of annular sinusoidal convolutions well suited for accepting volumetric and pressure increases in the fuel trapped between the check valve and the fuel delivery system caused by temperature loading of the fuel following engine shut-down. A region of reduced wall thickness is formed in the tubular body to act as a pressure fuse having a predetermined burst pressure allowing system leakage due to overpressurization to be location controlled.

Abstract: The fuel pressure is kept high for a specified time or until an engine temperature goes down below a specified value after an engine stop under a hot condition of engine in order to prevent vapor lock in the fuel system. Also, a starter motor is prohibited from being switched on until a fuel pressure reaches a specified value in order to prevent a high pressure fuel pump from being operated, whereby preventing sticking or scuffing in the high pressure fuel pump.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to improve a ventilation line opening/closing means of a fuel tank which interrupts a ventilation line from the fuel tank to a canister during fuel supply so as to restrict the fuel level when the tank is full, and which opens the ventilation line during traveling of a vehicle. This invention provides a ventilation line opening/closing means of a fuel tank, comprising a float valve provided in a ventilation line for introducing gas of the fuel tank into a canister so as to control ventilation, wherein a fuel receiving portion of return fuel including escape holes is integrally formed on a lower portion of a vent shut-off valve, so that the vent shut-off valve is opened by return fuel from the engine during operation of the engine, and that the vent shut-off valve is closed by the force of a spring during a stop of the engine.

Abstract: A homogenizing fuel delivery system is provided for drawing fuel substantially equally from each layer of fuel in a vehicle fuel tank, and delivering this fuel to the vehicle's engine. In this manner, the composition of the fuel delivered to the engine approximates the average composition of fuel in the fuel tank.