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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2009
Applicant:
Peter Alban George Collingborn, Gillingham, GB;
Inventor:
Peter Alban George Collingborn, Gillingham, GB;
Assignee:
Delphi International Operations Luxemboug S.A.R.L., Luxembourg, LU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 1/04 (2006.01); F04B 27/04 (2006.01); F04B 1/00 (2006.01); F01B 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fuel pump assembly for a fuel injection system comprises a drive shaft, at least two pump heads each of which is axially displaced along the drive shaft, each pump head having a respective plunger for pressurising fuel within a respective pump chamber, and at least two cams provided on the drive shaft, each of which is associated with a respective one of the pump heads. Adjacent pump heads are offset angularly from one another by an amount sufficient to allow a region of overlap, in an axial direction along the drive shaft, between the adjacent pump heads.