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US 2026/0138441 A1Published application
Fuel tank assembly
AssigneeTextron Ground Support Equipment Inc.
InventorsCaleb Smith Farmer, Brian Yoder
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Abstract
A fuel tank assembly, wherein the assembly comprises a fuel tank having one or more wall, a fuel pump disposed within an interior space of the fuel tank, and a tank supply port disposed in and extending through a wall of the one or more walls and fluidly connected to the fuel pump. The fuel tank assembly additionally comprises an engine supply conduit that is connectable to the tank supply port such that the engine supply conduit is fluidly connected to the fuel pump.
Claims22
A fuel tank assembly comprising:
- a fuel tank having one or more wall;
- a fuel pump disposed within an interior space of the fuel tank;
- a tank supply port disposed in and extending through a wall of the one or more walls, the tank supply port fluidly connected to the fuel pump;
- and
- an engine supply conduit connectable to the tank supply port such that the engine supply conduit is fluidly connected to the fuel pump.
2 more elements
A fuel tank assembly comprising:
- a fuel tank having at least one wall;
- a fuel pump disposed within an interior space of the fuel tank;
- a tank supply port disposed in and extending through one of a wall of the one or more walls of the fuel tank, the tank supply port fluidly connected to the fuel pump;
- an engine supply conduit connectable to the tank supply port such that the engine supply conduit is fluidly connected to the fuel pump;
- a pump egress supply conduit that is removably connectable at a first end to a pump egress port, and removably connectable at a second end to a tank reentry port such that the pump egress supply conduit is disposed exteriorly to the fuel tank and is fluidly connected to the fuel pump;
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- an interstitial supply conduit that is connected at a first end to the reentry port, and connected at a second end to the tank supply port such that the interstitial supply conduit is disposed within the interior space of the fuel tank and is fluidly connected to the fuel pump, thereby fluidly connecting the engine supply conduit to the fuel pump.
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A vehicle comprising;
- a chassis;
- a plurality of wheels operatively connected to the chassis;
- a passenger compartment supported by the chassis;
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- a fuel tank assembly, the assembly comprising:
- a fuel tank having at least one wall;
- a fuel pump disposed within an interior space of the fuel tank;
- a tank supply port disposed in and extending through a wall of the one or more walls of the fuel tank, the tank supply port fluidly connected to the fuel pump;
- and
- an engine supply conduit connectable to the tank supply port such that the engine supply conduit is fluidly connected to the fuel pump.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.