Vernay Laboratories, Inc.

Martin Jozef Reef

Robert Christopher Ferguson

James Theodore Stope

Gerrit Jan Weekenstroo

Kenneth Gerhard Madden

Elizabeth Quigley

Dennis Kolkman

Andrew Douglas Woodward

Oscar Daniel Louis Teunisse

Ronald H Houpst

Anthony Robert Stroik

Jerrod McClain Etienne

Frank T Mulder

Evert Van Den Hurk

Kurt Lowell Clericus

A system including a pressure accommodating assembly having a body with a first side and a second side. The assembly further includes a gas permeable membrane coupled to the body and configured to allow gases to permeate therethrough to thereby move from the first side to the second side. The assembly also includes a pressure relief valve coupled to the body, wherein the pressure relief valve is biased to a closed position to generally block a flow of gases therethrough and is configured to move to an open position when there is a predetermined pressure differential thereacross to allow gases to flow therethrough to move from the first side to the second side. The pressure accommodating assembly is configured to maintain its structural integrity after being exposed to a temperature of about 500&#xb0; C.

Pressure accomodating assembly

A jet pump for use in a fuel tank wherein the jet pump includes a flexible venturi. The flexible venturi provides a variable area orifice to accommodate a large range of flow rates while providing a venturi effect throughout the range of flow rates. In addition, the flexible venturi is preferably a duckbill valve such that the venturi provides a check valve function for preventing reverse flow through the venturi. The duckbill valve is also preferably provided in combination with an umbrella valve wherein the umbrella valve provides a pressure limiting function for a fluid supply line connected to the venturi.

Jet pump including flexible venturi

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Enschede, Netherlands

Martin Jozef Reef