Patent ID: 6073612
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: F02B,F02M,Y02T

Abstract:
A delivery pipe for supplying fuel to injectors that inject fuel directly into combustion chambers of corresponding cylinders of an internal combustion engine, the delivery pipe comprising:injector-inserting portions in which the injectors are mounted; andmounting portions, comprising at least two first mounting portions and at least one second mounting portion, through which the delivery pipe is mounted to the engine, the at least two first mounting portions being disposed on respective lengths of the delivery pipe that extend outward of outermost ones of the injector-inserting portions in a longitudinal direction of the delivery pipe, the at least one second mounting portion being disposed on a length of the delivery pipe extending between two adjacent injector-inserting portions, and the mounting portions being disposed on sides of the delivery pipe in a zigzag arrangement astride an axis along which the injector-inserting portions are arranged.