Motor vehicles – Power – With means to guide and/or control combustion air for power...
Patent
1997-09-26
1999-08-17
Camby, Richard M.
Motor vehicles
Power
With means to guide and/or control combustion air for power...
123198R, 123 26, S02M 3500
Patent
active
059379600
ABSTRACT:
The air rail comprises a housing defining an air passageway conduit therein. The conduit has a plurality of passageways therethrough with access to the passageways provided by a plurality of ports disposed in the housing, the main passageway being fed pressurized air from an air compressor discharge and discharging to the brake reservoir. A second passageway acts as a sensing and secondary air supply passageway, the outlet ports from this second passageway being engageable in a push to connect manner with air tubing leading to various air-using systems and devices, the outlets each being positioned as close as possible to the corresponding structure to which it is to be engaged. Further, the air rail may incorporate a fuel oil passageway therein, thereby providing for pre-warming of fuel for the engine.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3948229 (1976-04-01), Abthoff
patent: 4545331 (1985-10-01), Ito
patent: 5629873 (1997-05-01), Mittal
Calfa Jeffrey P.
Camby Richard M.
Navistar International Transportation Corp.
Sullivan Dennis K.
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