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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2000
Lewis Allen Frostick, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Donald L. Thorson, Oakland, MI (US);
Scott Willis Jorgensen, Bloomfield Township, MI (US);
Kenneth William Turner, Webster, NY (US);
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A fuel injection system is provided for use in an internal combustion engine, where the engine includes at least one cylinder head cover. The fuel injection system includes at least one fuel injector assembly that is inserted into an inlet in the cylinder head cover. The fuel injector assembly includes an upper body portion and a lower body portion that extends through the inlet of the cylinder head cover, where at least part of the lower body portion is comprised of a low radiant heat absorbent material having a high radiant heat reflectance color for reflecting radiant heat away from the fuel injector assembly during engine operating conditions.