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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Edward Cygnor, Rockford, IL (US);
Shin Katsumata, Rockford, IL (US);
Jeff Clark Miller, Rockford, IL (US);
Assignee:
Sundstrand Corporation, Rockford, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
417405 ; 415211 ;
Abstract
The weight and volume of a centrifugal fuel pump ideally suited for use in a fuel system for a turbine engine (12) may be reduced in a construction including a single shaft (10) mounting an inducing impeller (18), an impeller (22) for a regenerative pump, and an impeller (24) for a centrifugal volute pump. Hydrostatic bearings (26), (28) journal the shaft (10) within a pump housing (14) and are provided with fuel under pressure via a conduit (30) connected to the outlets of the regenerative pump and the centrifugal volute pump defined by the impellers (22) and (24), respectively.