Patent ID: 6227169
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: F02B,F02M,Y02T

Abstract:
A fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders, the fuel supply system comprising:a plurality of injectors mounted on the engine for injecting fuel into the engine; anda delivery pipe having a fuel passage therein and coupled with the injectors for supplying the fuel to the injectors through the fuel passage, the delivery pipe including a plurality of axially aligned pipe parts and a flexible connecting part connecting each adjacent two of the pipe parts, said flexible connecting part defining a fuel passage therethrough having a substantially same fuel passage diameter as that of the pipe parts, and the connecting parts being flexible to allow flexing of the pipe parts, wherein the delivery pipe is provided at a position spaced apart from a cylinder head of the engine, and each flexible connecting part includes a sealing member made of a flexible material and disposed between longitudinally extending ends of the respective adjacent two pipe parts, thereby to allow flexing of the delivery pipe at each said flexible connecting part.