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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 10, 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 ...
F04B 49/00 (2006.01); F04B 23/04 (2006.01); F02M 37/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fuel-supply unit for a motor vehicle has a fuel container () that has several chambers (). The unit has a transfer pump () that is located inside the fuel container () for exclusively supplying ejector pumps (), which are positioned in the chambers (), with fuel as the pumping fluid. A primary fuel pump () that is located outside the fuel container () supplies an internal combustion engine () of the motor vehicle with fuel. The transfer pump () is operated discontinuously to prevent unnecessary power consumption.