Patent ID: 7118140
Filing Date: 2006-10-10
Classification: F02M,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An assembly comprising: a base having a wall disposed about a longitudinal axis, the wall having a surface exposed to the longitudinal axis, the surface defining a chamber, the wall having an end that defines an aperture to the chamber; a component having a housing, the housing having an exterior surface spaced from the surface of the base, a portion of the exterior surface being disposed within the chamber, the component comprising at least one of a fuel rail end cap and a fuel pressure damper; and a metallic member having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface having a lower surface roughness than the surface roughness of the outer surface, the inner surface being contiguous with the exterior surface of the component and the outer surface being contiguous with the surface of the wall so that the portion of the exterior surface of the component is retained within the chamber and the aperture of the chamber is hermetically sealed, the metallic member having a tubular wall having a cross-sectional area approximately equal to a cross sectional area of the component, the tubular wall including: