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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
May. 18, 2006
Applicant:
Bernd Rumpf, Nidderau-Windecken, DE;
Inventor:
Bernd Rumpf, Nidderau-Windecken, DE;
Assignee:
Continental Automotive GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/30 (2006.01); F02D 41/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A conveying device () has a fuel pump () for supplying an internal combustion engine () of a motor vehicle with fuel. The conveying device further has a monitoring apparatus () for determining the wear condition or the degree of soiling of the fuel pump (). To this end, the monitoring apparatus () compares the power consumption to the hydraulic power of the fuel pump (). A diagnostic display () is activated when a predefined value for the power consumption is exceeded.