Patent ID: 8047183

Claim:
In a fuel injected internal combustion engine, a method of mounting a fuel injector in a proper rotative orientation in an injector mounting bore of any one of multiple internal combustion engine platforms capable of receiving the fuel injector, the engine platforms requiring differing fuel injector orientations, the method comprising: a) providing a fuel injector having a first alignment feature with a first geometry corresponding to a first engagement feature of a first engine platform and a second alignment feature having a second geometry different from said first geometry and corresponding to a second engagement feature of a second engine platform; b) inserting said fuel injector into the mounting bore of the first engine platform; c) providing a fuel injector hold down clamp attached to the internal combustion engine and including the first engagement feature, said first engagement feature being compatible with said first alignment feature for engaging said first alignment feature; d) positioning the fuel injector with said first alignment feature in alignment with said first engagement feature and engaging said first alignment feature with said first engagement feature thereby rotatively orientating the fuel injector for said first engine platform.