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Fuel rail

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5402397
A fuel rail for an engine is described. The rail consists of an elongated body having a plurality of axially spaced transversely extending fuel injector sockets and a pair of transversely spaced axially extending fuel passages. The fuel passages are interconnected at one end of the body for fuel flow through the passage in series, one of the passages intersecting the sockets for supplying fuel to the sockets, each of the sockets being adapted to receive a fuel injector suitable for delivering fuel from its socket to the engine, and wherein at least one end of the body has a circular recess intersected by and encompassing the associated ends of the fuel passages, and a circular plug is received in and seals the recess to provide a closure for the associated ends of both of the passages.
Assignee:
General Motors Corp., Detroit, MI
Patent Number(s):
US 4601275
OSTI ID:
5402397
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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