Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pump having inlet reservoir with vapor-layer standpipe
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Application No.: US14610669Application Date: 2015-01-30
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Publication No.: US10041484B2Publication Date: 2018-08-07
- Inventor: Joshua W. Steffen , Sunil J. Bean , Adrienne M. Brasche , Cory A. Brown , Sana Mahmood
- Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Deerfield
- Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Deerfield
- Agency: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
- Main IPC: F04B23/02
- IPC: F04B23/02 ; F04B15/08 ; F04B37/08 ; F04B53/16 ; F04B53/14

Abstract:
A pump is disclosed having a manifold with an inlet, a pressure outlet, and a return outlet. The pump may also have a jacket connected to an end of the manifold to create an enclosure that is in fluid communication with the inlet of the manifold, and at least one pumping mechanism extending from the manifold into the jacket. The at least one pumping mechanism may have an inlet open to the enclosure and an outlet in communication with the pressure outlet of the manifold. The pump may further have a standpipe extending from the manifold into the enclosure. The standpipe may be in communication with the return outlet of the manifold.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160222951A1 PUMP HAVING INLET RESERVOIR WITH VAPOR-LAYER STANDPIPE Public/Granted day:2016-08-04
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