Patent ID: 6062200
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: F02M

Abstract:
A fuel distributor for a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine, the fuel distributor supplying fuel to a plurality of fuel injection valves each having a connecting segment, the fuel distributor comprising:a fuel supply channel;a plurality of valve receptacles, a number of the plurality of valve receptacles corresponding to a number of the plurality of fuel injection valves, the plurality of valve receptacles having receptacle openings directly communicating with the fuel supply channel, the connecting segment of each of the plurality of fuel injection valves being insertable into the receptacle openings;electric conductors electrically connecting to the plurality of fuel injection valves and extending to the receptacle openings of the plurality of valve receptacles, the electrical conductors being directly integrated at least one of into the fuel distributor and onto the fuel distributor; andcontact springs positioned in each of the receptacle openings, each of the contact springs connected to one of the electric conductors,wherein, after the connecting segment of one of the plurality of fuel injection valves is inserted into a respective one of the receptacle openings, the contact springs contact at least two contact faces on the connecting segment of the one of the plurality of fuel injection valves,wherein the receptacle opening of each of the plurality of fuel injection valves has first step portions, and the connecting segments of the plurality of fuel injection valves have second step portions,wherein the contact springs are arranged on the first step portions, and the contact faces are arranged on the second step portions, andwherein the contact springs are situated opposite to the contact faces, the contact springs contacting the connecting segments when the connecting segments are inserted into the receptacle openings.