Patent ID: 6745465
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: F02M,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of assembling a fuel injector having a plurality of components wherein each one of the components has an actual characteristic, the injector being of the type including a set of input parameters, a set of control parameters, and a set of observed performance parameters, each parameter in the set of control parameters being associated with at least one of the components, the value of at least certain of each observed performance parameter varying in relation to a change in the value of each control parameter, comprising the steps of:measuring the values of the set of input parameters; determining the values of the set of control parameters using said set of input parameter values such that a completed assembly variation of a set of observed performance parameter values from a respective parameter in a set of predetermined target performance parameter values is reduced; selecting, for each of the control parameters, the component associated therewith using the respective control parameter value determined in the step of determining the values of the set of control parameters; and, assembling the fuel injector by associating each selected component with the nonselected ones of said plurality of components.