US 12,168,966 B2
Modular and scalable rail fuel system architecture
Kieran J. Richards, West Haddon (GB); Brandon Glover, Coventry (GB); Vincent Denoyelle, Daventry (GB); Jacques L. Vincent, Rugby (GB); Raghuvaran Arumugam, Daventry (GB); Satya Dinakar Vyseetty, Daventry (GB); Joseph A. Worthington, Scipio, IN (US); Abhishek Mehrotra, Columbus, IN (US); Deepak Pillai, Seymour, IN (US); and Todd S. Manley, Franklin, IN (US)
Assigned to Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN (US)
Filed by CUMMINS INC., Columbus, IN (US)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/513,499.
Application 18/513,499 is a continuation of application No. 17/630,990, granted, now 11,821,397, previously published as PCT/US2020/044035, filed on Jul. 29, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/880,957, filed on Jul. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0084769 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. F02M 63/02 (2006.01); F02M 55/00 (2006.01); F02M 55/02 (2006.01)
CPC F02M 63/0225 (2013.01) [F02M 55/002 (2013.01); F02M 55/02 (2013.01); F02M 55/025 (2013.01); F02M 63/0285 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector block configured to direct fuel from an outer fuel line to an inner fuel line, the connector block comprising:
a single fuel inlet configured to couple to the outer fuel line;
an outlet configured to couple to the inner fuel line; and
a fuel accumulator fluidly coupled to the single fuel inlet and the outlet, the fuel accumulator configured to direct the fuel from the single fuel inlet to the outlet.