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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2011
Donald J. Mccune, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Harsha Badarinarayan, Canton, MI (US);
Pilar Hernandez Mesa, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, ES;
George Saikalis, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Donald J. McCune, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Harsha Badarinarayan, Canton, MI (US);
Pilar Hernandez Mesa, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, ES;
George Saikalis, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Hitachi, Ltd, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fuel delivery system for a direct injection internal combustion engine having two fuel rails and a plurality of fuel injectors attached to and fluidly connected with each fuel rail. A first fuel pump has its output connected with the first fuel rail while a second fuel pump has its output connected with the second fuel rail. A crossover pipe fluidly connects the outlets of both the first and second pumps. Both the first pump and the second pump each have an intake stroke and a pumping stroke. Furthermore, the intake stroke of the first pump coincides with the pumping stroke of the second pump and vice versa.