ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,930, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Stanadyne Operating Co. LLC (Jacksonville, N.C.).
"Fuel feed for motor-driven high pressure fuel pump" was invented by Srinu Gunturu (Jacksonville, N.C.), Michael Hornby (Emerald Isle, N.C.), Donald Holder (Hubert, N.C.), Clark Klyza (Jacksonville, N.C.) and James Bennardi (Whitmore Lake, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric GDI pump is configured to allow fuel being pumped to cool the electric motor and associated motor control/drive circuit, and cool and lubricate a drive region of a high-pressure pump before passing through an inlet check valve of the high-pressure pump. The rota...