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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2015
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Andreas Plisch, Marbach, DE;
Frank Nitsche, Remseck am Neckar, DE;
Joerg Heyse, Besigheim, DE;
Siamend Flo, Schwieberdingen, DE;
Thorsten Allgeier, Untergruppenbach, DE;
Walter Maeurer, Korntal-Muenchingen, DE;
Tim Reule, Muehlacker-Enzberg, DE;
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a fuel pump () which comprises a pump housing (), a delivery element () for delivering fuel, a heat-generating actuator () for actuating the delivery element (), a first fuel path () which leads from an inlet () to a delivery space (), and a second fuel path () which leads from the inlet () past the heat-generating actuator () to a first housing opening (), wherein the first housing opening () is arranged above the inlet () in the vertical direction (V). The present invention also relates to a fuel pump arrangement which comprises a fuel pump () according to the invention and a fuel tank () in which the fuel pump () is at least partially and preferably entirely arranged. The present invention also relates to a method for operating a fuel pump ().