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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2003
Andrew Knight, Stroud, GB;
Andy Male, Walton on Thames, GB;
Andrew Knight, Stroud, GB;
Andy Male, Walton on Thames, GB;
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
An accumulator fuel system for an internal combustion engine having a plurality of engine cylinders, includes an accumulator fuel volume () for supplying high pressure fuel to one or more of a plurality of injectors () of the fuel system, each of which is arranged to supply fuel to an associated one of the engine cylinders. The accumulator fuel volume () is integrated within an engine component, where the engine component provides a purpose other than that solely of an accumulator volume for storing high pressure fuel. For example, the accumulator volume () is defined in one embodiment within a rocker shaft () of the engine and in another embodiment within the engine cylinder head ().