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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert H. Thompson, Redford, MI (US);
Michael Joseph Harrigan, Sr., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Michael William Soltis, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Tech., Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 3/704 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 3/704 ;
Abstract
A fuel system which selectively receives, stores and delivers volatile fuel . Fuel system includes a variable volume fuel tank having a movable piston which is attached to a pair of bellows diaphragm members . Members selectively contract and expand to move piston within tank , effective to alter the volume of the fuel containing portion of tank , thereby maintaining fuel in a pressurized state and substantially preventing the accumulation of vapors within tank