Patent ID: 7398766

Claim:
A fuel reservoir of a fuel injection system of a motor vehicle, comprising the fuel reservoir having at least one fastening portion ( 40 ′, 40 ″), and at least one connecting element ( 48 ′, 48 ″) for fastening the fuel reservoir to an internal combustion engine, the connecting element ( 48 ′, 48 ″) having means which can tighten the fastening portion ( 40 ′, 40 ″) towards the engine, and which connecting element ( 48 ′, 48 ″), when loosened, can also push the fastening portion ( 40 ′, 40 ″) away from the engine, at least one first bearing face ( 65 , 65 ′) on the connecting element ( 48 ′, 48 ″), the at least one bearing face ( 65 , 65 ′) in the installed position pointing essentially toward the engine, at least one second bearing face ( 74 , 74 ′) on the connecting element ( 48 ′, 48 ″) which in the installed position, points essentially away from the engine; and the fastening portion ( 40 ′, 40 ″) being received in at least some portions between the at least one first bearing face and the at least one second bearing face, so that when the connecting element ( 48 ′, 48 ″) is tightened towards the engine, the at least one first bearing face ( 65 , 65 ′) engages the at least one fastening portion ( 40 ′, 40 ″) and the fuel reservoir is thus held tightly to the engine, and when the connecting element ( 48 ′, 48 ″) is loosened, the at least one second bearing face ( 74 , 74 ′) forces the at least one fastening portion ( 40 ′, 40 ″) away from the engine.