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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Paul Nigel Turner, Chelmsford, GB;
Kevin John Maile, Southend on Sea, GB;
Chris Michael Raines, Tillingham, GB;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 37/06 (2006.01); F01M 1/02 (2006.01); F02M 37/04 (2006.01); F04B 17/05 (2006.01); F02M 59/10 (2006.01); F16H 1/06 (2006.01); F16H 7/02 (2006.01); F02M 67/04 (2006.01); F02B 67/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 37/06 (2013.01); F01M 1/02 (2013.01); F02M 37/043 (2013.01); F02M 59/10 (2013.01); F04B 17/05 (2013.01); F01M 2001/0269 (2013.01); F02B 67/04 (2013.01); F16H 1/06 (2013.01); F16H 7/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for a gear driven diesel fuel injection pump of an engine. In one example, a front end of an engine includes an idler gear in meshing engagement with a first end of a crankshaft and a fuel pump drive gear in meshing engagement with the idler gear. The front end of the engine may further include a fuel pump, where an input shaft of the fuel pump is directly coupled to the fuel pump drive gear.