Patent · US Expired

Fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine

US7028672B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

Andreas Glenz · Weingarten, DE
Guenter Hoenig · Ditzingen, DE
Eberhard Holder · Eßlingen, DE
Martin Matt · Weingarten, DE
Andreas Posselt · Rochlitz, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 20, 2005
Grant date	Apr 18, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 20, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T10/30
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine having two separate storage containers for liquid fuels, both connected to a first controllable valve which is connected, via a connecting line including a fuel pump to an inlet of a second controllable valve having two outlets in communication by separate fuel lines with a fuel injection nozzle of the internal combustion engine, each of the two separate fuel lines includes a fuel pressure regulator, one being in communication with one and the other with the other of the two separate fuel storage containers for returning exess fuel to the fuel storage container from which fuel is being supplied to the fuel injection nozzle.

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