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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2010
Applicants:
Tomotaka Kita, Hiroshima, JP;
Yoshihiko Ueda, Hiroshima, JP;
Inventors:
Tomotaka Kita, Hiroshima, JP;
Yoshihiko Ueda, Hiroshima, JP;
Assignee:
Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Hiroshima-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device detecting a property of fuel in a course of a pipeline, while improving accuracy and stability of the fuel property detection. The device includes a sub-tank provided in the course of a fuel pipeline connecting a fuel tank and an engine, and a sensor capable of detecting the property of fuel inside the sub-tank. The sub-tank includes a fuel inlet for introducing therethrough fuel from the fuel tank, and a fuel outlet for sending out therethrough the fuel toward the engine.