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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2002
Naoaki Tanimura, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Abstract
A system and method for supplying fuel to an internal combustion engine is disclosed including a fuel tank having a first fuel sump portion , in which a fuel pump is disposed, and a second fuel sump portion formed separate from the first fuel sump portion . A transfer pump which supplies fuel from the second fuel sump portion to the first fuel sump portion is driven with a traveling energy of divergent fuel forming a portion of fuel to be supplied to the internal combustion engine from the fuel pump . A divergent fuel control unit is disposed in a supply line of the diverged fuel to decrease the flow rate of the divergent fuel in dependence on an increase in a demanded fuel flow rate of the internal combustion engine, thereby minimizing a compensation flow rate of the fuel pump as a whole and the flow rate size thereof.