Unit fuel injector and system therefor
This patent describes a unit fuel injector for an internal combustion engine having a cylinder, an associated cylinder head and a cam shaft driven by the engine. The injector unit consists of: an injection nozzle received in a bore in the cylinder head, the nozzle including an injection valve and a discharge tip at one end to inject pressurized fuel into the cylinder; an injector housing having a pair of generally parallel, laterally offset, overlapping, contiguous bores, the housing being adapted to be mounted to the engine and the housing receiving the injection nozzle in one of the bores; a fuel injection pump mounted in the housing and including a pump plunger actuable by the cam shaft; a fuel inlet in the housing including a fuel inlet passage in the housing in communication with the pump chamber to supply fuel under low pressure to the pump chamber.
- Assignee:
- Stanadyne Inc., Windsor, CT
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4567872
- OSTI ID:
- 5909242
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: Filed date 26 Sep 1983
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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