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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jon-David Kehoe, Tilbury, CA;
Assignee:
Siemens VDO Automotive Inc., Tilbury, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 5/502 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 5/502 ;
Abstract
The fuel rail assembly comprises a fuel conduit, at least one support connected to the conduit, an engine component body, and a resilient connector attaching the support to the engine component body. The resilient connector can be a resilient insert while the engine component body is preferably an air intake manifold. The support may also be a bracket. The fuel rail assembly further includes at least one fuel injector connected to the fuel conduit. The resilient connector, manifold, and fuel conduit are all preferably plastic.