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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2011
Mahesh N. Hanjagi, Yorktown, VA (US);
Stephen C. Bugos, Poquoson, VA (US);
Mahesh N. Hanjagi, Yorktown, VA (US);
Stephen C. Bugos, Poquoson, VA (US);
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A compact fuel pressure regulator () includes a housing () with an interior () communicating and inlet opening () and an outlet opening (). The housing defines a valve seat surface () in the interior. A cover () is provided at an end of the housing and is disposed in the interior. The cover includes a through-hole () therein that communicates the outlet opening with the interior. A valve structure () is movable within the interior to control fuel flow between the inlet opening and outlet opening. A spring () is engaged between the valve structure and the cover so that when pressure of fuel at the inlet opening is greater than a force of the spring, the fuel pushes the valve structure against the bias of the spring and away from the valve seat surface so that fuel flows around a periphery of the valve structure to the outlet opening.