Marelli Europe S.p.a.

Stefano Petrecchia

Armando Spizzirri

Luca Mancini

Riccardo Marianello

Michele Petrone

A valve assembly for a fuel pump and having: a one-way outlet closing valve, which only allows fuel to flow out; a one-way pressure relief valve, which only allows fuel to flow in; a connector, which has a housing on the inside; and a valve disc, which engages the housing of the connector and has a plurality of through outlet holes and a through relief hole. A shutter of the outlet closing valve consists of a flexible sheet, which is fixed to the valve disc and has: a plurality of shutting portions arranged in the area of the outlet holes; a peripheral mounting portion with an annular shape; a plurality of outer connection portions, each connecting the peripheral mounting portion to a corresponding shutting portion; a central mounting portion; and a plurality of inner connection portions, each connecting the central mounting portion to a corresponding shutting portion.

Fuel pump for a direct injection system

A fuel pump for a direct injection system and having: a main body; a pumping chamber; a piston, which is mounted in a sliding manner on the inside of the pumping chamber; an intake duct, which ends in the pumping chamber; an intake valve, which is arranged along the intake duct; and a flow rate adjustment device provided with a control rod which is coupled to the intake valve and with an electromagnetic actuator which is configured to axially move the control rod. The flow rate adjustment device has a containing element, which houses the electromagnetic actuator, has an open end facing the intake valve, and ends with a 'U'-shaped rim which has an outer ring which is arranged around the containing element at a given distance from a cylindrical wall of the containing element. An annular weld () is obtained between the main body and the outer ring of the “U”-shaped rim.

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Corbetta, Italy

Stefano Petrecchia