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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert D Gaston, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
DeQuan Yu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
415 551 ; 415200 ; 4152151 ; 416203 ;
Abstract
A fuel pump for supplying diesel fuel to an engine includes a pump housing, a motor mounted within the housing, a shaft extending from the motor, an impeller slidably attached to the shaft which has a prime number of vanes spaced unevenly about its circumference, a chamber body, and a chamber cover with a bleed orifice. The chamber body and cover form a chamber for the impeller and are held together by the housing. The chamber body and cover have pump channels of constant depth and are made of phenolic with fiberglass fill. The impeller is made of phenolic with fiberglass fill and granular fill.