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Integrally formed and tuned fuel rail/injectors

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5327719
This patent describes a fuel rail assembly coupled to a source of fuel. It comprises: fuel injectors each coupled to a single fuel rail, each of the fuel injectors including an electrically coil assembly and valve means mechanically responsive to application of electrical power to the coil assembly for controlling fuel flow through the fuel injector; electronic drivers each coupled to a corresponding one of the eclectic coil assemblies for applying the electrical power; and adjusting means each including a separate resistor coupled in series between one of the electrical drivers and one of the eclectic coils, each of the resistors of the adjusting means having a preselected resistance value determined by operating characteristics of the fuel injector to which the resistor is coupled and for fuel flow variations within the fuel rail for maintaining substantially equivalent fuel flow through each of the fuel injectors coupled to the fuel rail.
Assignee:
Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, MI (United States)
Patent Number(s):
A; US 5086743
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-630913
OSTI ID:
5327719
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English