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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 1996
Filed:
May. 19, 1995
Stephan Kleppner, Bretten, DE;
Kurt Frank, Schorndorf, DE;
Ansgar Seitz, Neuhausen, DE;
Hannelore Scheerer, Moeglingen, DE;
Guenter-Paul Ballier, Schwieberdingen, DE;
Rolf Fischerkeller, Walheim, DE;
Wolfgang Wuerl, Sachsenheim, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
Arranged in the fuel tank is a reservoir into which fuel is pumped by a jet pump connected to a return line from the internal combustion engine. The jet pump has a jet nozzle which is arranged in a holder formed on the reservoir. Between its inlet opening and the propulsion-nozzle opening, the jet nozzle has a bypass opening which is connected to a stub projecting into the reservoir. At its end, the stub is provided with a seat which can be closed by a closing element. Arranged in the reservoir is a leaf spring which is fixed at one end and which presses the closing element onto the seat. Together with the closing element, the bypass opening forms a bypass valve which allows fuel to flow out of the jet nozzle if a certain pressure is exceeded.