Patent ID: 8353306
Filing Date: 2013-01-15
Classification: F02C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A fuel divider system, comprising: a housing assembly; a flow passage network formed through the housing assembly and having an inlet, a primary outlet, and a secondary outlet; a fuel divider piston fluidly coupled to the flow passage network, the fuel divider piston slidably disposed within the housing assembly and movable between a flow biasing position and a flow equalizing position; an fuel divider control chamber fluidly coupled to the flow passage network and in fluid communication with the fuel divider piston such that fuel within the fuel divider control chamber exerts a force on the fuel divider piston urging the fuel divider piston toward the flow biasing position; an inlet chamber at least partially defined by the fuel divider piston and the housing assembly, the inlet chamber fluidly coupled to the inlet and co-axial with the fuel divider control chamber; and at least one channel provided through the fuel divider piston and configured to cooperate with the flow passage network to port the fuel divider control chamber to: (i) the fuel pressure at the secondary outlet when the fuel divider piston is in the flow biasing position, and (ii) the fuel pressure within the inlet chamber when the fuel divider piston is in the flow equalizing position.