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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2009
Amir Abou Zeid, Waupun, WI (US);
Timothy S. Reid, Fond du Lac, WI (US);
Troy J. Kollmann, Mt. Calvary, WI (US);
Michael A. Torgerud, Mt. Calvary, WI (US);
Brian L. Merten, St. Cloud, WI (US);
Amir Abou Zeid, Waupun, WI (US);
Timothy S. Reid, Fond du Lac, WI (US);
Troy J. Kollmann, Mt. Calvary, WI (US);
Michael A. Torgerud, Mt. Calvary, WI (US);
Brian L. Merten, St. Cloud, WI (US);
Brunswick Corporation, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Abstract
A marine engine fuel system provides a low pressure lift pump to draw fuel from a fuel tank and cause the fuel to flow into a reservoir and a high pressure fuel pump which draws fuel from the reservoir and provides it to a fuel rail. An inlet conduit of the high pressure fuel pump is provided with a primary and a secondary opening. The secondary opening can be an orifice formed through a wall of the inlet conduit. The secondary opening is positioned, relative to the primary opening, at a location which assists in controlling the fuel level within the reservoir and the quantity of gaseous fuel contained within an ullage above the liquid pool of fuel.