Dual barrel jet fuel pump assembly for a fuel tank
AssigneeDelphi Technologies, Inc.
InventorsTimothy Francis Coha, Jill Marie Coha
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Abstract
A dual barrel jet fuel pump assembly for a fuel tank in a vehicle includes a reservoir adapted to be disposed in a primary side of the fuel tank and having a top defining an overflow fuel level of the reservoir. The dual barrel jet fuel pump assembly also includes a first conduit conducting return fuel from an engine of the vehicle to the reservoir and a second conduit extending to an auxiliary side of the fuel tank. The dual barrel jet fuel pump assembly further includes a dual barrel jet pump disposed in the reservoir and having a first inlet operatively connected to the first conduit and a second inlet operatively connected to said second conduit to fill the reservoir with fuel from the primary side and auxiliary side of the fuel tank.
Claims24
A dual barrel jet fuel pump assembly for a fuel tank in a vehicle comprising:
- a reservoir adapted to be disposed in a primary side of the fuel tank and having a top defining an overflow fuel level of said reservoir;
- a first conduit conducting return fuel from an engine of the vehicle to said reservoir;
- a second conduit extending to an auxiliary side of the fuel tank;
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- a dual barrel jet pump disposed in said reservoir and having a first inlet operatively connected to said first conduit and a second inlet operatively connected to said second conduit to fill said reservoir with fuel from the primary side and auxiliary side of the fuel tank.
A dual barrel jet fuel pump assembly for a fuel tank in a vehicle comprising:
- a reservoir adapted to be disposed in a primary side of the fuel tank and having a top defining an overflow fuel level of said reservoir;
- a first conduit conducting return fuel from an engine of the vehicle to said reservoir;
- a second conduit extending to an auxiliary side of the fuel tank;
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- a pair of jet pump barrels extending into said reservoir and cooperating with an outlet of said jet pump;
- a jet pump disposed in said reservoir and having a first inlet operatively connected to said first conduit and a second inlet operatively connected to said second conduit, a first outlet and a second outlet, said first outlet communicating with one of said jet pump barrels and said second outlet communicating with the other of said jet pump barrels to fill said reservoir with fuel from the primary side and auxiliary side of the fuel tank.
A fuel tank assembly for a vehicle comprising:
- a fuel tank forming a saddle shape having a primary side and an auxiliary side separated by a hump;
- a fuel reservoir disposed in said primary side of said fuel tank and having a top defining an overflow fuel level of said reservoir;
- a first conduit conducting return fuel from an engine of the vehicle to said reservoir;
- a second conduit extending over said hump to said auxiliary side of said fuel tank;
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- a dual barrel jet pump disposed in said reservoir and having a first inlet operatively connected to said first conduit and a second inlet operatively connected to said second conduit to fill said reservoir with fuel from said primary side and said auxiliary side of said fuel tank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.