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Method and apparatus for determining fuel pressure

US6488012B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 29, 2000
Grant dateDec 3, 2002
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Expiry dateAug 29, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/40
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and an apparatus 34 for inferring the amount of pressure resident within a fuel delivery member 8 by measuring the voltage delivered to a pump 24 and by calculating a desired fuel flow rate.

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