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Method and apparatus for regulating a volumetric fuel flow between a feed pump and a high-pressure pump

US5971718A · kind A · utility

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11References

7Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Hinrich Krueger · Regensburg, DE
Dirk Baranowski · Regensburg, DE
Christian Birkner · Irlbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 9, 1997
Grant date	Oct 26, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 9, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF04B2205/171
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for regulating a volumetric fuel flow regulate a fuel flow delivered by a feed pump to a high-pressure pump of an injection system as a function of a volumetric fuel discharged from a high-pressure reservoir through a high-pressure regulating valve. The regulation is effected through the use of a pressure regulating valve or a volumetric flow regulating valve.

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