Patent ID: 11898523
Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A fuel system comprising:
an internal combustion engine;
a fuel tank that is connected to the internal combustion engine via a fuel supply line;
a fuel pump configured to receive fluid from the fuel tank and supply pressurized fluid to the fuel supply line via a fuel filter;
the fuel filter which is configured to receive fuel from the fuel pump and provide filtered fuel to the fuel supply line, the fuel filter disposed in a filter housing, the filter housing including
a filter chamber, the fuel filter being disposed in the filter chamber,
a fuel inlet that communicates with the filter chamber and directs fuel received from the fuel pump into the filter chamber,
a fuel outlet that communicates with the filter chamber and directs filtered fuel received from the fuel filter to the fuel supply line, and
a bypass outlet that communicates with the filter chamber, the bypass outlet directing fuel not drawn into the fuel filter by the internal combustion engine to a fuel pressure regulator; and

the fuel pressure regulator which is configured to receive fuel from the bypass outlet and return the fuel received from the bypass outlet to the fuel tank.