IP Library Granted Patent US 10,995,712
Granted Patent B2
US 10,995,712 · App. 16/333,754 · Granted May 4, 2021

Fluid conveying device

Inventors: Matthias Fischer (Ringgau, DE); Johannes Deichmann (Rotenburg, DE); Andreas Schmick (Rotenburg, DE); Karsten Gerst (Oberaula, DE)
Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
F02M37/106F02M37/025F02M37/18F04F5/10B60K15/077B60K2015/0325B60K2015/03105B60K2015/03111
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Patent No.
US 10,995,712
App. No.
16/333,754
Granted
May 4, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fluid-conveying device for conveying a fluid from a tank includes: a first fluid-conveying pump; a swirl pot; and a second fluid-conveying pump having a drive region and a conveying region coupled to the drive region. The fluid is conveyable from the swirl pot by the first fluid-conveying pump, and the conveying region is configured and arranged so as to be drivable by the drive region.

Claims (13)

1. A fluid-conveying device for conveying a fluid from a tank, comprising:

a first fluid-conveying pump ( 3 );

a swirl pot ( 2 ) arranged within the tank; and

a second fluid-conveying pump ( 4 ) having a drive region ( 5 ) and a conveying region ( 6 ) coupled to the drive region ( 5 ),

wherein the fluid is conveyable from the swirl pot ( 2 ) by the first fluid-conveying pump ( 3 ), and wherein the conveying region ( 6 ) is configured and arranged so as to be drivable by the drive region ( 5 ), and

wherein the second fluid-conveying pump ( 4 ) is arranged downstream of the first fluid-conveying pump ( 3 ) in a flow direction toward a consumer, such that a volume stream of the fluid conveyed from the swirl pot ( 2 ) by the first fluid-conveying pump ( 3 ) first enters the second fluid-conveying pump ( 4 ), then exits the second fluid-conveying pump ( 4 ), and then, further downstream of the second fluid-conveying pump ( 4 ), enters the consumer.

2. The fluid-conveying device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the conveying region ( 6 ) and the drive region ( 5 ) are mechanically coupled to one another by a shaft ( 7 ).

3. The fluid-conveying device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the drive region ( 5 ) is configured and arranged so as to be drivable by the volume stream conveyed by the first fluid-conveying pump ( 3 ).

4. The fluid-conveying device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the drive region ( 5 ) and/or the conveying region ( 6 ) have/has a pump stage.

5. The fluid-conveying device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fluid is conveyed from the tank ( 1 ) into the swirl pot ( 2 ) through the conveying region ( 6 ) of the second fluid-conveying pump ( 4 ).

6. The fluid-conveying device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first fluid-conveying pump ( 3 ) is arranged in the swirl pot ( 2 ).

7. A motor vehicle having a fluid-conveying device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the consumer is an internal combustion engine, and wherein fluid in the swirl pot ( 2 ) is conveyed toward the internal combustion engine through the first fluid-conveying pump ( 3 ), wherein the second fluid-conveying pump ( 4 ) is arranged downstream of the first fluid-conveying pump ( 3 ) in a conveying direction toward the internal combustion engine, and upstream of the internal combustion engine, and the swirl pot ( 2 ) is configured and arranged so as to be fillable by operation of the second fluid-conveying pump ( 4 ), via the conveying region ( 6 ) of the second fluid-conveying pump ( 4 ).

8. The motor vehicle as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the second fluid-conveying pump ( 4 ) is in fluid contact with one or more regions of the tank ( 1 ) via a first fluid line and is in fluid contact with an inner volume of the swirl pot ( 2 ) via a second fluid line, wherein fuel is conveyed from the tank into the swirl pot ( 2 ) by operation of the second fluid-conveying pump ( 4 ).

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 22, 2020
From: CPT GROUP GMBH
To: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 052160/0431 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 28, 2019
From: FISCHER, MATTHIAS; DEICHMANN, JOHANNES; SCHMICK, ANDREAS; GERST, KARSTEN
To: CPT GROUP GMBH
Reel/Frame 049295/0293 →