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US 11,629,643 B1Granted
Fuel pump systems
AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorRyan Susca
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Abstract
A fuel pump system, comprising an inlet line and a motorized pump, a first selector valve in fluid communication with an inlet line at a first inlet port and in fluid communication with the motorized pump outlet via a first outlet branch at a second inlet port to receive fuel from the motorized pump outlet. The system can also include a main fuel pump in fluid communication with the first selector valve and a second selector valve, wherein the second selector valve can be in fluid communication with the main fuel pump and in fluid communication with the motorized pump outlet.
Claims20
A fuel pump system, comprising:
- an inlet line;
- a motorized pump having a motorized pump inlet in fluid communication with the inlet line to receive fuel from the inlet line, and a motorized pump outlet configured to output flow from the motorized pump;
- a first selector valve in fluid communication with the inlet line at a first inlet port, wherein the first selector valve is in fluid communication with the motorized pump outlet via a first outlet branch at a second inlet port to receive fuel from the motorized pump outlet, wherein the first selector valve is configured to selectively communicate the first inlet port to an outlet port, and to selectively communicate the second inlet port to the outlet port;
- a main fuel pump having a main fuel pump inlet in fluid communication with the first selector valve to be downstream of the first selector valve, and having a main fuel pump outlet;
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- a second selector valve in fluid communication with the main fuel pump outlet at a first input port, wherein the second selector valve is in fluid communication with the motorized pump outlet via a second outlet branch at a second input port to receive fuel from the motorized pump outlet, wherein the second selector valve is configured to selectively communicate the first input port to an output port, and to selectively communicate the second input port to the output port, wherein the output port is in fluid communication with an outlet line.
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An aircraft, comprising:
- a fuel pump system, comprising:
- an inlet line;
- a motorized pump having a motorized pump inlet in fluid communication with the inlet line to receive fuel from the inlet line, and a motorized pump outlet configured to output flow from the motorized pump;
- a first selector valve in fluid communication with the inlet line at a first inlet port, wherein the first selector valve is in fluid communication with the motorized pump outlet via a first outlet branch at a second inlet port to receive fuel from the motorized pump outlet, wherein the first selector valve is configured to selectively communicate the first inlet port to an outlet port, and to selectively communicate the second inlet port to the outlet port;
- a main fuel pump having a main fuel pump inlet in fluid communication with the first selector valve to be downstream of the first selector valve, and having a main fuel pump outlet;
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- a second selector valve in fluid communication with the main fuel pump outlet at a first input port, wherein the second selector valve is in fluid communication with the motorized pump outlet via a second outlet branch at a second input port to receive fuel from the motorized pump outlet, wherein the second selector valve is configured to selectively communicate the first input port to an output port, and to selectively communicate the second input port to the output port, wherein the output port is in fluid communication with an outlet line.
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A fuel pump system, comprising:
- an inlet line;
- a motorized pump having a motorized pump inlet in fluid communication with the inlet line to receive fuel from the inlet line, and a motorized pump outlet configured to output flow from the motorized pump;
- a first selector valve in fluid communication with the inlet line at a first inlet port, wherein the first selector valve is in fluid communication with the motorized pump outlet via a first outlet branch at a second inlet port to receive fuel from the motorized pump outlet, wherein the first selector valve is configured to selectively communicate the first inlet port to an outlet port, and to selectively communicate the second inlet port to the outlet port;
- a main fuel pump having a main fuel pump inlet in fluid communication with the first selector valve to be downstream of the first selector valve, and having a main fuel pump outlet;
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- a second selector valve in direct fluid communication with the main fuel pump outlet at a first input port, wherein the second selector valve is in fluid communication with the motorized pump outlet via a second outlet branch at a second input port to receive fuel from the motorized pump outlet, wherein the second selector valve is configured to selectively communicate the first input port to an output port, and to selectively communicate the second input port to the output port, wherein the output port is in fluid communication with an outlet line,
- wherein the first and second selector valves are configured to allow flow through only the motorized pump to bypass the main fuel pump to the outlet line in a low flow mode, to allow flow through only the main fuel pump to bypass the motorized pump to the outlet line in a mid-flow mode, and to allow flow through the motorized pump to output to an inlet of the main fuel pump to then output from the main fuel pump to the outlet line in a high flow mode.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.