Patent · US Expired

Control valve for a jet pump

US6152114A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 15, 1999
Grant dateNov 28, 2000
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Expiry dateJul 15, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/7929
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a overflow valve for a device (1) for pumping fuel, in which the device (1) has a supply container for fuel for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, a catchment (6) disposed in the supply container, a fuel pumping assembly (19) that aspirates from the catchment (6) and communicates on the pressure side with the engine, a return line (2) from the engine or a direct branch (33) from the pressure line (20) to the supply container, and a fluid entrainment pump (3) communicating with the return line (2) or the branch and disposed in the supply container, by which pump fuel is pumped into the catchment (6), and the overflow valve (22) closes or opens a overflow opening (4) to the fluid entrainment pump (3). The overflow valve has a spirally shaped spring (12), which holds a closing member (7) and presses it vertically in the direction onto the overflow opening (4).

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