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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2008
Paul F. Briggs, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
Jeffery J. Milton, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Paul F. Briggs, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
Jeffery J. Milton, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc., Auburn Hills, unknown;
Abstract
Vapor reducing structure () is constructed and arranged to be associated with a fuel pressure regulator () of a fuel system (') of a vehicle. The pressure regulator has an outlet () for fuel that is in excess of fuel required by an engine of the vehicle. The reducing structure includes a fuel accumulator () associated with an outlet of the pressure regulator defining a volume in which fuel exiting the outlet of the regulator can accumulate. Flow restricting structure (′) is associated with the accumulator and is constructed and arranged to create sufficient back-pressure to eliminate vaporization of the fuel exiting the outlet of the pressure regulator.