Patent ID: 6374806
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: F02M,F16L

Abstract:
A fluid delivery system for servicing a plurality of fuel injectors by delivering a supply of a fluid from a fluid source to each fuel injector of the plurality of fuel injectors, comprising:rail means for conveying fluid, the rail means being positionable proximate the plurality of fuel injectors and having a fluid passageway defined therein, the fluid passageway being in fluid communication with the source of fluid; and connector means in fluid communication with both the rail means and with a fuel injector of the plurality of fuel injectors for fluidly connecting the rail means to the fuel injector, the connector means being moveable in three planes to accommodate static tolerances existing between the rail means and the fuel injector and having a single ball and socket for being moveable in three orthogonal axes to accommodate dynamic relative motion between the rail means and the fuel injector.