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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
May. 09, 2013
Delphi International Operations Luxembourg, S.a.r.l., Bascharage, LU;
Mark S. Graham, Westbury-On-Trym, GB;
Delphi International Operations Luxembourg S.A.R.L., Luxembourg, LU;
Abstract
An overhead-camshaft internal combustion engine is disclosed, in which the fuel pumps are arranged to use efficiently the space within a cylinder head assembly of the engine. The cylinder head assembly includes a cylinder head block, and the engine comprises a camshaft rotatable about a camshaft axis and having a plurality of inlet and exhaust cams for actuating associated inlet and exhaust valves of the engine, and at least one fuel pump comprising a unit pump assembly driven directly by a respective pump cam provided on the camshaft. The engine further comprises a plurality of rocker arms driven by the inlet and exhaust cams and arranged to actuate the inlet and exhaust valves. Each rocker arm is pivotable about a rocker arm axis which is substantially parallel to the camshaft axis. The or each pump assembly is mounted between the rocker arm axis and the cylinder head block.