Patent ID: 6502561
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: F02M,Y02T

Abstract:
An assembly comprising:a fuel injector; a pressure regulator having a gas reference chamber and a fuel chamber separated by a diaphragm, said gas reference chamber having an inlet; a rail having a conduit for supplying pressurized fuel for said fuel chamber, a conduit for supplying pressurized gas for said gas reference chamber, a conduit for supplying pressurized air for an air assist fuel injector, a cavity that receives at least a portion of said pressure regulator, and a cavity that receives at least a portion of said fuel injector, said conduit for supplying pressurized gas for said gas reference chamber being in fluid communication with said conduit for supplying pressurized gas for said air assist fuel injector; and a cover attached to said rail and covering said pressure regulator, said cover including a passageway that fluidly communicates said conduit for supplying pressurized gas for said gas reference chamber and said cavity that receives at least a portion of said pressure regulator.