Fuel supply device

US6435163B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Edwin Fauser · Ditzingen, DE
• Stephan Kleppner · Bretten, DE
• Kurt Frank · Schorndorf, DE
• Hans-Peter Braun · Sulz am Neckar, DE
• Wolfgang Bueser · Freiberg, DE
• Klaus-Dieter Hufnagel · Heubach, DE
• Willi Strohl · Beilstein, DE
• Jochen Rose · Hemmingen, DE
• Wolfgang Hiller · Hemsbach, DE
• Erich Eiler · Sersheim, DE
• Frantisek Buric · České Budějovice, CZ
• Jaroslav Moucka · České Budějovice, CZ

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 1, 2000
• Grant date: Aug 20, 2002
• Expiry date: Mar 1, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T137/86043
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine, having a unit, such as a pressure regulator, mounted in electrically insulated fashion and including an electrically conductive housing, and the housing is connected via an electrical connection to a defined electrical potential. As a result, static charging of the unit, which could become dangerous, is precluded. The fuel supply system is intended in particular for pumping fuel to an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle.