Patent ID: 7188611
Filing Date: 2007-03-13
Classification: F02M

Abstract:
1. A fuel injection system comprising: a connecting piece; a supply line segment; a plurality of fuel injectors, whose injection ends, at least, are situated in receptacle bore holes of a cylinder head and whose inlet sides engage with the connecting piece in the supply line segment, pressurized fuel being supplied to the fuel injector via the supply line segment; and a gasket sealing off the connecting piece from the supply line segment, the gasket having a sleeve-shaped design and a plastically deformable shaped area which is plastically deformed during an assembly of the supply line segment with the connecting piece and has elastic properties in operation, wherein an inner contour of at least one of an inlet-side end and an outlet-side end of the gasket widens conically outward and at least one of an outlet segment of the supply line segment and an inlet segment of the connecting piece sealingly engages with the conical inner contour of the at least one of the inlet-side end and the outlet-side end of the gasket and is rounded in an area of its surfaces in contact with conical surfaces of the inner contour of the at least one of the inlet-side end and the outlet-side end of the gasket.