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Variable discharge fuel pump
   
Document Number
US Patent 7470117
Issued Date
December 30, 2008
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Abstract
A pump has a housing defining a first pumping chamber and a second pumping chamber. The pump also has a first plunger and a second plunger. The pump additionally has at least one driver operatively engaged with at least one of the first and second plungers to move the at least one of the first and second plungers between first and second end positions. The pump further has a common spill passageway fluidly connectable to the first and second pumping chambers and a selector valve disposed between the common spill passageway and the first and second pumping chambers. The selector valve has a body and a ball valve member operably disposed within the body. The ball valve member is movable between a first and a second ball valve member position to selectively fluidly connect the first and second pumping chambers to the common spill passageway.
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Owner
Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, IL)
Published
December 30, 2008
Application Number
10/998,624
Filed
November 30, 2004
US Classification
417/533   417/307 417/531
Int'l Classification
F04B   23/04   (20060101)   F04B   41/06   (20060101)  
Examiner
Assistant Examiner
USPTO Field of Search
417/245   417/531   417/533   417/307   123/506  
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