Patent ID: 6058910
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: F02M

Abstract:
A fuel distributor for a high pressure fuel injection system capable of distributing pressurized fuel to plural fuel injection lines associated with cylinders of a multicylinder internal combustion engine, comprising:a distributor housing including a supply inlet passage, a plurality of delivery passages and a bore;a fuel distribution rotor rotatably mounted in said bore, said rotor including a receiving passage for receiving supply fuel from said supply inlet passage and an outlet port formed in an outer surface of said rotor and fluidically connected to said receiving passage, said outlet port positioned for sequential alignment with said plurality of delivery passages; andone or more pressure area defining grooves formed in said outer surface of said rotor adjacent said outlet port, said one or more pressure area defining grooves positioned adjacent four sides of said outlet port to define a pressure area on said outer surface of said rotor.