US 12,291,992 B2
Fuel system for enclosed generator
Jeffrey Donald Poirier, Cape Coral, FL (US); and Anthony Michael Grippo, Fort Myers, FL (US)
Assigned to AXI INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Fort Myers, FL (US)
Appl. No. 17/617,206
Filed by AXI INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Fort Myers, FL (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 5, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/036453
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 7, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/247842, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/858,529, filed on Jun. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0298962 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. F02B 63/04 (2006.01); B60K 15/03 (2006.01)
CPC F02B 63/04 (2013.01) [B60K 15/03 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fuel system for a generating unit disposed within an enclosure, the enclosure having an enclosure width and an enclosure height, the fuel system comprising:
a bulk fuel storage tank;
a vertical day tank, the vertical day tank having a vertical day tank width approximately matching the enclosure width, a vertical day tank height approximately matching the enclosure height, the vertical day tank further having a fill port and an overfill port;
a supply line from the bulk fuel tank to the fill port of the vertical day tank; and
a return line from the overfill port of the vertical day tank to the bulk fuel storage tank;
wherein the overfill port is located above a fuel level of the bulk fuel storage tank to provide a gravity-fed return line; and
wherein the vertical day tank comprises a back wall dimensioned to match the height of the enclosure and the vertical day tank further comprises an end wall of the enclosure.