Patent ID: 6626159
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: F02M

Abstract:
A gas distributor apparatus for a fuel-injection system of an internal combustion engine, the gas distributor apparatus comprising:a plurality of fuel injecting devices; a gas-supply line supplying gas to the plurality of fuel injecting devices, wherein the gas-supply line defines a gas-supply orifice extending substantially along a longitudinal gas-distributor axis of the gas-supply line; and a plurality of connecting pieces coupled to the gas-supply line and conforming in number to the plurality of fuel injecting devices, each of the connecting pieces defining a branched-off port in fluid communication with the gas-supply orifice extending to a respective one of the plurality of fuel injecting devices, wherein the gas-supply orifice is not constricted by any of the plurality of branched-off ports and wherein a length of the gas-supply orifice is at least as long as a distance between a center axis of a first one of the branched-off ports and a center axis of a last one of the branched-off ports, and wherein the plurality of connecting pieces supply gas to the plurality of injecting devices through gas-intake ducts of gas-containing bodies and include locking members, the gas-containing bodies enclosing the plurality of injecting devices, the gas-intake ducts cooperating with the locking members of the connecting pieces for supplying gas to the plurality of injecting devices.