Diesel fuel recirculation device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9790904-B2
Application number	US-201514702184-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 1, 2015
Priority date	Nov 14, 2014
Publication date	Oct 17, 2017
Grant date	Oct 17, 2017

Abstract

A diesel fuel recirculation device may include a fuel tank configured to store and supply diesel fuel, a main filter connected to the fuel tank and filter diesel fuel to supply the filtered diesel fuel to an engine, and a recirculation member provided in the main filter and be resupplied with high temperature fuel from the engine to supply the resupplied high temperature fuel to the fuel tank or the main filter, such that marketability and usage convenience may be improved by increasing a temperature of the fuel using the high temperature fuel resupplied from the engine to shorten a starting time under low temperature conditions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A diesel fuel recirculation device comprising:
a fuel tank configured to store and supply diesel fuel;
a main filter connected to the fuel tank and filter the diesel fuel wherein the filtered diesel fuel is supplied to an engine through the main filter; and
a recirculation member provided in the main filter and resupplied with heated fuel from the engine to supply the resupplied heated fuel to the fuel tank,
wherein the recirculation member includes:
an auxiliary filter configured to filter the heated fuel resupplied from the engine; and
a thermal actual valve configured, according to a predetermined temperature of the heated fuel, to supply the heated fuel filtered by the auxiliary filter to the fuel tank or the main filter, and

wherein the main filter includes:
an inlet port connected to the fuel tank; and
an outlet port connected to the engine, and

wherein a phenomenon that paraffin is precipitated in the diesel fuel is prevented by supplying a portion of the diesel fuel recovered from the engine to the auxiliary filter through the thermal actual valve.

2. The diesel fuel recirculation device according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined temperature is 30 degrees in Celsius.

3. The diesel fuel recirculation device according to claim 1 , wherein in a case in which a temperature of the heated fuel is equal to or higher than the predetermined temperature, the thermal actual valve is closed, such that the resupplied heated fuel is supplied to the fuel tank, and in a case in which the temperature of the heated fuel is lower than the predetermined temperature, the thermal actual valve is opened, such that the resupplied heated fuel is supplied to the main filter.

4. The diesel fuel recirculation device according to claim 1 , wherein the thermal actual valve includes:
a recirculation inlet port connected to the engine; and
a recirculation outlet port connected to the fuel tank.

5. The diesel fuel recirculation device according to claim 1 , wherein the thermal actual valve includes:
an actuator configured to open or close the recirculation outlet port; and
a poppet provided to be movable from the actuator in a vertical direction to open or close the recirculation inlet port.

6. The diesel fuel recirculation device according to claim 1 , wherein the thermal actual valve includes:
an actuator;
a poppet engaged to the actuator and provided to be movable by the actuator;
a first channel connecting the recirculation inlet port and the recirculation outlet port; and
an opening formed on the first channel,
wherein the poppet engaged to the actuator is provided to be selectively movable by the actuator onto the opening to open or close the opening.

7. The diesel fuel recirculation device according to claim 6 ,
wherein the main filter further includes a second channel connected to the inlet port of the main filter,
wherein a second opening is formed on the second channel, and
wherein the poppet is spaced from the second opening.

8. The diesel fuel recirculation device according to claim 5 , wherein the thermal actual valve includes an elastic body provided therein to recover a position of the poppet.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Yeon Seo

Classifications

• F02M37/0035

  Thermo sensitive valves · CPC title

• F02M37/0052 Primary

  Details on the fuel return circuit; Arrangement of pressure regulators · CPC title

• F02M37/22

  Arrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines, e.g. arrangements in the feeding system · CPC title

• F02M37/48

  Filters structurally associated with fuel valves · CPC title