Patent ID: 7735474

Claim:
An injector mounting arrangement for use in an engine, the injector mounting arrangement including: a fuel injector having one or more resonant modes of vibration, an engine cylinder housing, and a clamping arrangement including a clamping member for applying a clamping load to the injector so as to clamp the injector to the cylinder housing, wherein the clamping load is applied at a point at or substantially at a vibration node of one of the one or more modes of vibration of the fuel injector so as to damp or substantially prevent transmission of injector generated noise to the cylinder housing, wherein the clamping member applies the clamping load to the injector through a clamping sleeve which extends over part of the fuel injector, and wherein the clamping member is located at one end of the injector and the clamping sleeve extends from the clamping member to the vibration node.