Urea solution pumps having leakage bypass

US10087804B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cummins Emission Solutions Inc. · US

Inventors

• George L. Muntean · Columbus, US
• Nachiket Pawar · Jamkhed, IN
• Kundana Inala · Columbus, US
• Steve Holl · Columbus, US
• Stephanie Apewokin · Sauk Centre, US
• Cynthia A. Gosselin · Mableton, US
• Andrew Myer · Greenwood, US
• Jim F. Burke · Columbus, US
• John K. Heichelbech · Columbus, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 22, 2012
• Grant date: Oct 2, 2018
• Expiry date: Jun 28, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T137/87684
• WIPO field: Environmental technology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Urea solution pumps having leakage bypass flowpaths and methods of operating the same are disclosed. Certain embodiments are pump apparatuses including an inlet passage in flow communication with a source of urea solution and a pump chamber, an outlet passage in flow communication with the pump chamber and an exhaust after treatment system, a diaphragm facing the pump chamber and coupled with an actuator, a first housing member coupled with a second housing member form a seal around the pumping chamber, a leak collection chamber surrounding the seal, and a return passage in flow communication with the leak collection chamber and the inlet passage. Urea solution that leaks from the pump chamber past the seal is received by the leak collection chamber and flows through the return passage to the pump inlet passage.