Patent ID: 6237571
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: F02M

Abstract:
An apparatus for connecting a fuel pressure tube to a side feed injector device of an internal combustion engine, comprising:an injector body having a fuel feed aperture disposed in a side wall of said injector body, said aperture being transverse the injector body;a fuel pressure tube being seatingly engageable with the side wall of said body and in fluid passing communication with said fuel feed aperture;a holder being connected to said injector body and supporting the fuel pressure tube in forcible seated transverse engagement with the side wall of the body and in fluid passing communication with the fuel feed aperture;a housing member being connected to said internal combustion engine and supporting said holder, said housing member defining a leak-back receptacle with said holder; anda ducting being provided in said holder to communicate a leak-back flow of fuel from the injector to the leak-back receptacle.