Means for mounting a fuel injector on a fuel rail

Patent · Tue Jun 16 04:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:7019832

Jones, R A

This patent describes an internal combustion engine fuel rail assembly. It comprises a fuel rail having a main longitudinal passage that is intercepted by transverse through-holes at intervals along the length of the fuel rail, a bottom-feed electrically operated fuel injector disposed in each through-hole by having been inserted, one axial end first, into the through-hole and comprising a fuel inlet that is in fluid communication with the main longitudinal passage, each injector and the corresponding through-hole comprising keying means and keyed means.

• Assignee: Siemens Automotive L.P., Auburn Hills, MI (United States)
• Patent Number(s): US 5121731; A
• Application Number: PPN: US 7-717960
• OSTI ID: 7019832
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
330100* -- Internal Combustion Engines
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DESIGN
ENGINES
FUEL INJECTION SYSTEMS
FUEL SYSTEMS
HEAT ENGINES
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES