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Title:
DEF PUMP MOUNTED TO TANK
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2013/003716
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A fluid supply assembly includes a tank 110 configured for holding a fluid and a pump 130 configured to draw the fluid from the tank 110, wherein the tank 110 includes a recess 112 and the pump 130 is mounted to the tank 110 in the recess 112. The pump 130 may be connected to the tank 110 along either, or both of, a first and/or a second surface of the recess 112, wherein the first surface and the second surface may be orthogonal to one another. The fluid supply assembly may further include a header 120 disposed on a horizontal surface of the tank 110, the header 120 may include at least a portion thereof which extends into an interior of the tank 110, wherein the pump 130 may draw the fluid from the tank 110 via the header 120.

Inventors:
MERCHANT JACK A (US)
ROOZENBOOM STEPHAN D (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2012/044915
Publication Date:
April 18, 2013
Filing Date:
June 29, 2012
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Assignee:
CATERPILLAR INC (US)
MERCHANT JACK A (US)
ROOZENBOOM STEPHAN D (US)
International Classes:
F01N3/08; F01N3/28
Foreign References:
JP2009191747A2009-08-27
US20090188298A12009-07-30
US20100162690A12010-07-01
JP2009156224A2009-07-16
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
STANKIEWICZ, John W. et al. (Peoria, IL, US)
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