Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Ford Motor Company Limited

Mario Joseph Felice

Yitzong Chern

Deanna Hoffman

Steven Homco

Joseph F Basmaji

Mohammad Ali Moetakef

Steven Poe

Walter T Mayers

Joseph Stout

An intake manifold is disclosed which has an upper shell portion having a first peripheral flange, a lower shell portion having a second peripheral flange, and at least one metallic post having a first plate and a second plate. The first and second peripheral flanges are friction welded and the first plate of the posts is friction welded to the upper shell portion and the second plate of the posts is friction welded to the lower shell portion. The upper and lower shells are made of a polymeric, or plastic, material. The metallic post is comprised substantially of aluminum or other suitable metals or alloys. The upper and lower shell portions define a cavity and a section of the post between the first and second plates traverses through the cavity.

Intake manifold metal posts

A fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine includes a fuel injector pocket, formed within a cylinder head, for housing an injector which sprays fuel into a combustion chamber defined by the cylinder head and a piston crown. The injector is mounted with an isolator which is loaded at a lower, elastic rate during lower power operation, with the elastic load element being stacked solid and subject to higher rate column loading during high power operation of the engine and injection system. The isolator controls unwanted injector ticking noise, while protecting the integrity of the injector's tip seal.

Fuel injection system for internal combustion engine with injector isolator

A fuel injection system for internal combustion engine includes an injector mounted within a pocket formed in the cylinder head, and an isolator which defines a radial clearance gap with the injector pocket. The isolator expands radially outwardly into a clearance gap in response to axially directed force imposed upon the isolator by the injector, so that a dual rate force/displacement effect is achieved by the isolator.

Fuel injection system for internal combustion engine with injector isolator ring

A vibration damper for a coil spring 16 includes a cylindrical shaped sleeve 18 which receives the coil spring 16 such that the outer portions 38 of the coils 36 slidably abut the inside surface of wall 20 of the sleeve 18 to provide frictional damping of the coil spring as it axially compresses and elongates.

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Dearborn Heights, MI, United States of America

Mario Joseph Felice