Patent ID: 7856962

Claim:
A fuel system for a direct injection internal combustion engine comprising: a fuel rail having an interior chamber, an annular cup having one end connected to said fuel rail and open at a second end, said first end of said cup being fluidly connected to said fuel rail interior chamber, said cup having a first portion and a second portion, said first portion of said cup having a pair of diametrically opposed slots and said second portion of said cup having a pair of diametrically opposed slots, said slots in said first portion being axially aligned but offset by 90 degrees from said slots in said second portion, a direct injection fuel injector having a portion axially insertable into said second end of said cup to a connected position, said fuel injector portion having a radially inwardly recessed channel on opposed sides of said base portion, said recessed channels registering with said slots in both said first and second portions of said cup when said fuel injector is in said connected position, a U-shaped clip insertable into said slots in both said first and second portions of said cup and said fuel injector channels when said fuel injector is in said connected position to lock said fuel injector and said cup together against axial movement.