Patent ID: 6192865
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: F01N,F02B,F02F,F02M,Y02A,Y02T

Abstract:
A fuel injection apparatus for an engine, the engine including an intake pipe having a first straight pipe portion extending along a first straight center line, a second straight pipe portion extending along a second straight center line crossing the first straight center line, and a bent pipe portion formed into a circular-arc shape and connecting an upstream end of the first straight pipe portion to a downstream end of the second straight pipe portion, the intake pipe being connected to a cylinder head such that a downstream end of the first straight pipe portion is in communication with an intake port provided in the cylinder head; and a fuel injection valve for injecting fuel to the intake port is held between a mounting member fastened to the intake pipe and the intake pipe, said fuel injection apparatus comprising:a seat for receiving the fuel injection valve is provided on the intake pipe at a portion of the intake pipe closer to said intake port than a straight line connecting a crossing point of the first and second center lines to a curved center of the bent pipe portion;a fastening seat for fastening the mounting member to the intake pipe is provided on the intake pipe at such a position as to locate said straight line between said seat and said fastening seat; andsaid seat and said fastening seat are formed in parallel with each other.