Internal-combustion engines – Charge forming device – Fuel injection system
Reexamination Certificate
2011-06-14
2011-06-14
Gimie, Mahmoud (Department: 3747)
Internal-combustion engines
Charge forming device
Fuel injection system
C123S468000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07958870
ABSTRACT:
A fuel lance assembly for an engine comprises: a fuel lance to be received in a passage provided in a cylinder head and a connection arrangement comprising an inlet adapter for securing the fuel lance within the passage. The fuel lance comprises a tubular member of constant external diameter, arranged to be received, in use, within the passage and having a first end being shaped for cooperation with a seating surface of a fuel injector of the engine, and a second end being shaped for cooperation with the inlet adapter, and being provided with a bore therethrough to define a fuel flow path between the first end and the second end of the fuel lance. The inlet adapter is provided with an attachment system for engaging a compatible attachment system of the cylinder head, and has a proximal region for receiving a high pressure fuel pipe, and wherein the inlet adapter has a distal region provided with an opening being adapted to receive the second end of the fuel lance. A fuel lance and a fuel supply line arrangement are also provided.
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Autret Emmanuel
Bonfigli Fabrizio A.
D'Aubyn Robert A.
LeGrand Philippe
Phillips Simon H.
Delphi Technologies Holdings S.arl
Gimie Mahmoud
Twomey Thomas N.
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