Patent · US Expired

Arrangement for feeding of fuel from a supply tank to an internal combustion engine, particularly of a power vehicle

US4776315A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 28, 1987
Grant dateOct 11, 1988
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Expiry dateOct 28, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02M2037/085
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An arrangement for supplying fuel from a supply tank to an internal combustion engine, particularly in a power vehicle, comprises a container, a feeding aggregate arranged in the container, two pump stages arranged in series in a flow direction of a fuel and sealed from one another, the pump stages including a pre-stage and an end stage and each having a suction opening and a pressure opening, and unit for warning about the dry running of the pre-stage and including a sensor which is arranged between the suction opening and the pressure opening of the pre-stage in a region of the feeding aggregate through which fuel flows, and a warning device operatively connected with the sensor and activated in response to dry running of the pre-stage.

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