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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2022
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Aed M. Dudar, Canton, MI (US);
Russell Randall Pearce, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Dennis Yang, Canton, MI (US);
Paul Dreier, Livonia, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and a system are disclosed for preventing fuel starvation in an off-road vehicle that may be operated on a severely inclined surface. A vehicle having a fuel tank for a fuel delivery module disposed in the fuel tank. A fuel pump assembly is disposed in the fuel tank and a slip ring joint is assembled to the fuel delivery module. One or more tubes are assembled to the slip ring joint that extends and retracts relative to the slip ring joint toward and away from the walls of the fuel tank. A remote fuel pick-up is assembled to the tube so that when the vehicle is operated on an inclined surface, the remote fuel pick-up is extended and rotates inside the fuel tank to move toward and away from an inner surface of the fuel tank and follows the fuel contained in the fuel tank.