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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Diana Dawn Brehob, Dearborn, MI (US);
Yitzhak Isaac Henig, Billericay, GB;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 4/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 4/100 ;
Abstract
A high pressure fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine has a small volume fuel rail and a large volume fuel rail. The engine's control unit selects between the two rails. The small volume rail is used for engine start and the large volume rail is used as soon as operating rail pressure has been attained in both rails.