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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2010
Applicants:
Kyle Dean Achor, Monticello, IN (US);
Michael Shawn Richards, Kokomo, IN (US);
Inventors:
Kyle Dean Achor, Monticello, IN (US);
Michael Shawn Richards, Kokomo, IN (US);
Assignee:
Carter Fuel Systems, LLC, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 15/00 (2006.01); F01P 1/06 (2006.01); F01P 9/00 (2006.01); F02M 31/20 (2006.01); F02M 37/00 (2006.01); F01P 3/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 31/20 (2013.01); F02M 37/00 (2013.01); F01P 3/202 (2013.01); Y02T 10/126 (2013.01); Y02T 10/166 (2013.01);
Abstract
This invention relates to an engine cooling system in which the supply of fuel is cooled to prevent fuel vapors by cooling the fuel pump. The cooling system uses a thermoelectric material that, either entirely or partially, surrounds the fuel pump, is the housing of the fuel pump and/or is internal to the fuel pump.