Patent ID: 6830035
Filing Date: 2004-12-14
Classification: F02M

Abstract:
A method of installing an injector in a delivery pipe of a common rail for an internal combustion engine with a resilient clip member and a seal member, wherein the delivery pipe is provided on a surface thereof with a protection layer and at an axial end outer circumference thereof with projections and the clip member is provided with openings, comprising steps of:mounting the seal member and the clip member on an outer circumference of the injector so as to position the seal member on a side of an axial end of the injector with respect to the clip member; inserting the injector into the delivery pipe without causing the clip member to contact with the delivery pipe until the seal member comes in contact with an inner wall of the delivery pipe; further inserting the injector into the delivery pipe, while keeping a state that the seal member is in contact with the inner wall of the delivery pipe, so that the clip member comes in contact with the delivery pipe; and still further inserting the injector into the delivery pipe until the projections are snap engaged with the openings.