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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:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Anthony John Williams, Isleworth, GB;
Assignee:
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 1/900 ; F04B 4/900 ; F01L 1/34 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 1/900 ; F04B 4/900 ; F01L 1/34 ;
Abstract
A fuel pump comprising a pumping plunger reciprocable within a bore, and a drive arrangement for driving the pumping plunger. The drive arrangement includes a compressible load transmission arrangement for transmitting movement of the drive arrangement to the pumping plunger. The load transmission arrangement comprises first and second surfaces which define, therebetween, a chamber for fluid. The fuel pump also comprises supply means for permitting the chamber to be supplied with fluid, in use, and control means for controlling the flow of fluid from the chamber.