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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:
Sep. 10, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Trevor Stanley Smith, Sutton Coldfield, GB;
Assignee:
Lucas Industries Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 1/00 ;
Abstract
A fuel system comprising a low pressure fuel pump having an outlet which is connected to an inlet of a high pressure pump arranged, in use, to supply fuel to an engine. The fuel system her comprises at least one actuator controlled by a servo-valve, wherein the servo-valve has a high pressure connection connected to the high pressure side of the high pressure pump and a low pressure connection connected upstream of the outlet of the low pressure pump.