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Fuel supplying apparatus

US6102010A · kind A · utility

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9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 16, 1998
Grant dateAug 15, 2000
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Expiry dateApr 16, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02M63/0225
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The fuel supplying apparatus of the invention includes a fuel injector 1 injecting a fuel; a fuel tank 2; fuel paths 4 and 5 connecting the fuel injector 1 and the fuel tank 2; a low-pressure fuel pump 10 provided in the upstream; a high-pressure fuel pump 3 which is provided between the low-pressure fuel pump 10 and the fuel injector 1, a cylinder having a hole 41a, and a plunger 43 arranged reciprocally movably in the hole 41a, sucks and pressurizes the fuel through a suction port 5c into the fuel pressurizing chamber 45, discharges the pressurized fuel from a discharge port 4d, and pressure-transfers the fuel to the fuel injector 1; and a high-pressure regulator, which is provided between the high-pressure fuel pump 3 of the fuel path 4 and adjusts pressure of the fuel discharged from the high-pressure fuel pump 3.

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