US 10,598,101 B2
DUAL FUEL SELECTOR SWITCHGeneral
US 10,598,101 B2
DUAL FUEL SELECTOR SWITCH
Tech Center:
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Medical Devices/Processes
Examiner:
Syed O Hasan
Art Unit:
3747 Thermal and Combustion Technology, Motive and Fluid Power Systems
Inventors:
Mark J. Sarder; Leigh Jenison; Ian Schmit
Assignee:
Priority:
11/01/13
Filed:
02/04/16
Granted:
03/24/20
Expiration:
06/08/35
Abstract
A fuel selector for use with a dual fuel generator includes a selector plate, a first fuel valve assembly positioned adjacent the selector plate and actuatable between an ON position and an OFF position to selectively control a first fuel flow to an engine of the dual fuel generator, and a second fuel valve assembly positioned adjacent the selector plate and actuatable between an ON position and an OFF position to selectively control a second fuel flow to the engine of the dual fuel generator. A selector switch coupled to the selector plate is linearly translatable from a first position to a second position, so as to enable positioning of only one of the first fuel valve assembly and the second fuel valve assembly in the ON position at a given time, such that the first and second fuel valve assemblies cannot be in the ON position concurrently.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
Y10Y10T137/87684Y10TF02D19/0647F02M13/08F02DY02T10/30Y02T