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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2001
Farid Heidari Miandoab, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Hamid Sayar, Newport News, VA (US);
Siemens Automotive Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A fuel rail that forms a conduit for pressurized fuel to be delivered to at least one fuel injector. The fuel rail includes an elongated member that is corrugated such that the fuel rail acts as a pressure damper. A method of reducing pressure pulsation in a fuel system is achieved by configuring a fuel of a second configuration from an initial configuration, the second configuration having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion having at least three points defining a virtual plane, the first portion including a continuous surface that intersects the virtual plane at a plurality of positions.