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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1996
Cesar Gonzalez, Wichita, KS (US);
The Cessna Aircraft Company, Wichita, KS (US);
Abstract
A fuel injection type aircraft fuel system for piston aircraft engines including a gravity flow fuel tank in the aircraft; a pressurized fuel metering unit on the aircraft engine; a fuel line connecting the metering unit to the fuel tank; an engine driven pump in said fuel line positioned in the engine compartment; a vapor separator in said fuel line between the engine driven pump and the fuel metering unit; a first vapor vent line connecting the vapor separator to the fuel tank; a fuel reservoir in said fuel line between the fuel tank and the engine driven pump; a submerged auxiliary pump in said reservoir to charge said system; an auxiliary pump bypass valve connected and parallel to said auxiliary pump; and a second vapor vent line connecting the reservoir to the fuel tank.