Fuel system for a vehicle
AssigneeChrysler Group LLC
InventorThomas A. Sharp
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Abstract
A fuel system having a fuel module for use within a fuel tank of a vehicle is disclosed herein. The fuel module includes a fuel reservoir having an inlet for receiving fuel from the fuel tank, a pump for pumping fuel from the reservoir through a fuel supply line and a temperature sensitive valve having a first port for receiving fuel from a return line, a second port for outputting the received fuel into the fuel reservoir, and a third port for outputting the received fuel into the fuel tank and external to the fuel reservoir.
Claims20
A fuel system for a vehicle, said system comprising:
- a fuel tank;
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- a fuel module within the fuel tank, said fuel module comprising:
- a fuel reservoir having an inlet for receiving fuel from the fuel tank,
- a pump for pumping fuel from the reservoir through a fuel supply line, and
- a temperature sensitive valve having a first port for receiving fuel from a return line, a second port for outputting the received fuel into the fuel reservoir, and a third port for outputting the received fuel into the fuel tank and external to the fuel reservoir.
A fuel module for use within a fuel tank of a vehicle, said fuel module comprising:
- a fuel reservoir having an inlet for receiving fuel from the fuel tank;
- a pump for pumping fuel from the reservoir through a fuel supply line;
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- a temperature sensitive valve having a first port for receiving fuel from a return line, a second port for outputting the received fuel into the fuel reservoir, and a third port for outputting the received fuel into the fuel tank and external to the fuel reservoir.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.