EP1066463A2 - Fuel delivery module with an initial filling valve - Google Patents
Fuel delivery module with an initial filling valveInfo
- Publication number
- EP1066463A2 EP1066463A2 EP99922058A EP99922058A EP1066463A2 EP 1066463 A2 EP1066463 A2 EP 1066463A2 EP 99922058 A EP99922058 A EP 99922058A EP 99922058 A EP99922058 A EP 99922058A EP 1066463 A2 EP1066463 A2 EP 1066463A2
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- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- fuel
- closing element
- floating body
- container
- suction
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- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
- F02M37/00—Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatus; Arrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines
- F02M37/0011—Constructional details; Manufacturing or assembly of elements of fuel systems; Materials therefor
- F02M37/0023—Valves in the fuel supply and return system
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
- F02M37/00—Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatus; Arrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines
- F02M37/04—Feeding by means of driven pumps
- F02M37/08—Feeding by means of driven pumps electrically driven
- F02M37/10—Feeding by means of driven pumps electrically driven submerged in fuel, e.g. in reservoir
- F02M37/106—Feeding by means of driven pumps electrically driven submerged in fuel, e.g. in reservoir the pump being installed in a sub-tank
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
- F02M37/00—Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatus; Arrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines
- F02M37/04—Feeding by means of driven pumps
- F02M37/08—Feeding by means of driven pumps electrically driven
- F02M37/10—Feeding by means of driven pumps electrically driven submerged in fuel, e.g. in reservoir
Definitions
- the invention relates to a device for delivering fuel from a storage container to an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle according to the preamble of claim 1.
- the fuel delivery module described has a mushroom-shaped closing element in the bottom area of its suction container.
- This closing element is axially movable.
- the mushroom-like part of the closing element spans an opening in the bottom of the suction container of the fuel delivery module, via which the interior of the suction container of the fuel delivery module is connected to the interior of a storage container. Because of the dead weight of the closing element, it lies against the inside of the bottom of the suction container, spanning the opening, so that the opening is sealed. If fuel is now filled into the storage container, the fuel level therein increases, as a result of which the static pressure acting on the underside of the closing element increases.
- the valve opens and fuel flows from the storage container into the interior of the suction container via the opening in the bottom of the suction container.
- the fuel of the internal combustion engine of the motor vehicle is supplied from the inside of the suction container by means of a fuel delivery module.
- a fuel delivery module In order for fuel to be supplied to the internal combustion engine by the fuel delivery unit, it is therefore necessary that relatively large amounts of fuel be introduced into the storage container so that a sufficiently high static pressure can be built up to open the closing element and to deliver it to the fuel thus allow to flow into the interior of the suction container.
- a disadvantage of a first filling valve actuated by the static pressure is therefore the relatively large amount of fuel to be filled into the reservoir, which is required to actuate it.
- the device according to the invention for conveying fuel from a reservoir to an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle has a fuel delivery unit which is connected on the suction side to a suction container which is connected to the reservoir and on the pressure side to the internal combustion engine, and a return line for conveying excess fuel in the suction container.
- the suction container has a closing element in the bottom area, which is between a first position in which the closing element is open and a two- th position is movable, in which the closing element is closed.
- the closing element is provided with an actuating device which holds the closing element in the first, open position, particularly when the fuel level in the reservoir is low or zero, and which has at least as much fuel in the suction tank that the fuel delivery unit still delivers sufficient fuel to the internal combustion engine can, the closing element holds in the second, closed position.
- a major advantage of a closing element with an actuating device is that the sealing function and the closing function of the closing element are decoupled from one another.
- a closure element according to the invention also referred to as a first filling valve, is connected to the actuating device in such a way that the closure element is opened when the tank is empty. There is therefore no need to build up a static pressure in order to actuate the first filling valve. As a result, an inflow of fuel from the storage container into the interior of the suction container can be guaranteed immediately even when the smallest quantities of fuel are filled.
- Another advantage of a closing element designed in this way is that when the tank is empty, the first filling valve is held in the open position, so that any adhesive effects that may otherwise occur on the sealing seat are eliminated.
- a precisely defined closing point of the closing element can be set or achieved.
- the actuating device is designed as a floating body and is connected to the closing element.
- the closing element is attached to the bottom of the suction container of the fuel delivery module so that when there is no fuel, the Closing element is in the open position due to its total mass consisting of the mass of the actual closing element and the mass of the floating body, since the floating body does not experience any buoyancy in the absence of fuel.
- the floating body is dimensioned so that in the event that the floating body is immersed in or surrounded by the fuel, a buoyancy force develops which is greater than the mass force caused by the total mass of the closing element. As a result, the closing element is brought into the closed position. The larger the size of the floating body, the higher the closing forces because its buoyancy corresponds to the amount of fuel displaced.
- An important advantage of such a design is that a reliable sealing function of the closing element is achieved even in the event of a contamination load on the sealing seat, since the floating body drive increases the sealing force and thus the closing element is better sealed.
- the closing element is preferably designed as a flap or umbrella valve, the sealing function and closing function of which are decoupled by the fuel level-dependent positioning controlled by the floating body.
- decoupled is to be understood that, on the one hand, the build-up of a static pressure by a sufficiently large amount of fuel filled in the storage container does not actuate the closing element and, on the other hand, by the dimensioning of the floating body when the closing element is already closed as a result of the buoyancy of the Floating body located in fuel, the sealing function of the closing element can be further increased if only the floating body and thus its buoyancy is dimensioned large enough.
- the floating body is either fastened directly in the closing element or is via a lever which is between the closing element and the floating body is connected to the closing element.
- a major advantage of a floating body connected directly to the closing element is that the entire closing element functions in a structurally particularly simple and thus essentially failsafe manner.
- the main advantage of a closing element, in which the floating body is connected to the actual closing element via a lever is that, in particular, via a corresponding choice of the lever length and the position of the floating body, which is preferably arranged on the lever in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the lever the closing moment and thus the sealing force of the closing element designed as a screen valve can be made adjustable.
- the closing element is preferably arranged on the bottom of the suction container in such a way that the screen of the umbrella valve is arranged on the outside of the bottom of the suction container facing the bottom of the storage container, while the floating body is arranged inside the suction container.
- the closing element in the region of the bottom of the suction container on its side wall, the closing element being actuated by means of a floating body connected to the deflecting element with a deflecting bell.
- an electromagnet as the actuating element, which is controlled as a function of the fuel level.
- fuel level sensors of a type known per se are to be provided for detecting the fuel level.
- Such an actuator has the advantage that the closing element fully is constantly decoupled from the fuel level or the amount of fuel that can be controlled.
- Figure 1 shows a fuel delivery module with Dombe PavUventil according to the prior art.
- FIG. 2 shows the detail of the first filling valve of the fuel delivery module according to the invention, in the open position; 3 shows a representation according to FIG. 2 in the closed position; 4 shows a further exemplary embodiment of the invention in the form of a section of the fuel delivery module with a first-filling valve in the open position; and FIG. 5 shows a further exemplary embodiment of a fuel delivery module according to the invention with the first filling valve open.
- FIG. 1 shows a basic sectional view of a fuel delivery module with a first filling valve, as is known in the prior art.
- a fuel delivery module which is arranged in a storage container 1 or fuel tank, has a suction tank 3, from which a fuel delivery unit 2 supplies the fuel via a corresponding fuel line to an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle.
- the excess fuel from the internal combustion engine flows back via a return line 4 to the fuel delivery module.
- the return line 4 is connected to a jet pump 16 which, in a state in which it is injected into the fuel in the reservoir 1 is immersed, by means of the ejector principle, propels fuel with its propellant jet via a mixing area 17 and an opening into the interior of the suction container 3.
- the fuel that has entered the suction container 3 is then fed to the fuel delivery unit 2 via filters 14 and 15.
- the closing element 5 is pressed onto the opening in the bottom of the suction container 3 as a result of the static pressure acting on the closing element 5, and thus the opening is sealed, so that fuel from the suction container 3 If its fuel level 13 (see FIG. 3) lies above the fuel level 6 in the fuel tank 1, backflow or empty running of the suction container 3 into the fuel tank 1 is prevented. A relatively large amount of fuel in the fuel tank 1 is therefore required to open the closing element 5 in a fuel delivery module according to the prior art.
- FIG. 2 shows a detailed sectional view of the area of the fuel delivery module according to the invention in which the closing element or the first filling valve is arranged.
- the closing element 5 is shown in the open position.
- a float 7 is directly on one Shaft of the closing element 5 is arranged, at the end of which an umbrella-like or mushroom-like head is arranged on the outside of the bottom 10 of the suction container 3.
- the diameter of the screen or head is chosen so that the closing element covers openings in the bottom 10 in the closed state.
- the closing element is affected by the inertial force due to the total mass of the closing element (mass of the floating body + mass of the actual one Closing element) brought into the open position.
- the bottom 10 of the suction container 3 is spaced from the bottom 9 of the fuel tank 1. The distance between the floor 9 and the floor 10 defines the maximum stroke which the closing element 5 can carry out from the fully open position to the closed position.
- FIG. 3 shows the area of the fuel delivery module according to the invention according to FIG. 2, with a fuel level 13 located in the interior of the suction container 3 such that the floating body 7 is completely surrounded by fuel. Due to the buoyancy force thereby developed, the closing element is raised and the screen on the outer side of the bottom 10 of the suction container 3, spanning the openings in the bottom 10, is raised to a closed, sealing position. As long as the fuel level 13 is sufficiently high for the float 7 is surrounded by fuel, the first filling valve thus remains closed, and fuel does not flow back into the fuel tank 1 via the openings arranged in its base 10 when the first filling valve is open.
- the closing element is again shown in the form of a screen valve, the screen of which spans the openings in the bottom 10 of the suction container 3 in the closed position. 4 shows the open position of the first filling valve.
- the floating body 7 is connected to the actual closing element 5 via a lever 8.
- the lever 8 is mounted in an area between the closing element 5 and the floating body 7.
- the bearing position of the lever as well as the position of the floating body on the lever are preferably variable, so that the lever force, which in the case of the level of fuel caused by the buoyancy by the floating body 7, the contact pressure and thus the sealing force of the umbrella valve inside the bottom 10 of the suction container 3 is determined, adjustable or preselectable.
- the closing element is arranged in the bottom region of the fuel delivery module in the side wall 12 of the suction container 3.
- the floating body 7 is connected to the actual umbrella valve body by means of a deflection lever or angle lever 11. Due to the angle formed by the two legs of the bell crank 11 and corresponding articulation of one leg thereof to the actual closing element body, the closing element is held in the open position in the absence of fuel in the suction container 3, ie when there is no buoyancy force of the floating body 7. If, due to the increase in fuel level 13 in the suction tank 3, the float 7 floats, the closing element is pressed into the second, ie closed position. Depending on the size of the floating body 7 and depending on the fuel level 13 in the suction container 3, the contact force or sealing force of the shield of the closing element in the region of the openings in the side wall 12 is variable and can thus be predetermined.
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- Cooling, Air Intake And Gas Exhaust, And Fuel Tank Arrangements In Propulsion Units (AREA)
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Applications Claiming Priority (3)
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DE19813172A DE19813172A1 (en) | 1998-03-25 | 1998-03-25 | Fuel delivery module with first fill valve |
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PCT/DE1999/000832 WO1999049207A2 (en) | 1998-03-25 | 1999-03-23 | Fuel delivery module with an initial filling valve |
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EP1066463A2 true EP1066463A2 (en) | 2001-01-10 |
EP1066463B1 EP1066463B1 (en) | 2003-06-04 |
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US (1) | US6450151B1 (en) |
EP (1) | EP1066463B1 (en) |
JP (1) | JP2002507694A (en) |
KR (1) | KR20010042119A (en) |
BR (1) | BR9909036A (en) |
DE (2) | DE19813172A1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO1999049207A2 (en) |
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