Kevin Grabowski

US Patent:

6371083, Apr 16, 2002

Filed:

Nov 20, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/716751

Inventors:

Paul L. Rossi - Waterford MI
Kenneth O. Jahr - West Bloomfield MI
William T. Harvey - Brighton MI
Shari F. Stottler - Honeoye Falls NY
Kevin A. Grabowski - Brighton MI
Michael T. Streb - Livonia MI

Assignee:

Robert Bosch Corporation - Broadview IL

International Classification:

F02M 5502

US Classification:

123456, 123470, 138 26

Abstract:

A fuel manifold having a rigid base portion with a fuel injector pocket defined therein, a top wall portion, a first substantially flat thin-walled portion extending between the rigid base portion and the top wall portion and a second substantially flat thin-walled portion extending between the rigid base portion and the top wall portion. The base portion, the top wall portion and the first and second thin-walled portions are defined by a one-piece aluminum extrusion and together define a fuel cavity that extends into the base portion and communicates with the fuel injector pocket.

US Patent:

6418909, Jul 16, 2002

Filed:

Nov 24, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/449710

Inventors:

Paul L. Rossi - Waterford MI
Kenneth O. Jahr - West Bloomfield MI
William T. Harvey - Brighton MI
Shari F. Stottler - Milford MI
Kevin A. Grabowski - Brighton MI
Helmut G. Schwegler - Pleidelsheim, DE
Wolfgang B. Weinbrecht - Pforzheim, DE

Assignee:

Robert Bosch Corporation - Broadview IL

International Classification:

F02M 4100

US Classification:

123456, 123447

Abstract:

A hydraulic pressure damper element is manufactured by shaping a stainless steel tube; flattened each end of the tube; and sealing a gas within the tube. Wire retaining devices may also be attached to the ends of the damper in order to support the device within a fuel rail tube in a fuel system.

US Patent:

62059793, Mar 27, 2001

Filed:

Nov 24, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/449164

Inventors:

Dewey M. Sims - Wayne MI
Paul L. Rossi - Waterford MI
Kenneth O. Jahr - West Bloomfield MI
William T. Harvey - Brighton MI
Shari F. Stottler - Milford MI
Kevin A. Grabowski - Brighton MI
Helmut G. Schwegler - Pleidelsheim, DE
Wolfgang B. Weinbrecht - Pforzheim, DE

Assignee:

Robert Bosch Corporation - Broadview IL

International Classification:

F02M33/04

US Classification:

123456

Abstract:

A fuel rail assembly comprising a fuel rail and a damper assembly in the fuel rail. The damper assembly includes a damper having an end and an inner surface defining a cavity, and a sealing member at least partially received in the end and bonded to the inner surface to substantially seal the cavity. The sealing member is preferably a metal wire that includes a sealing portion bonded to the inner surface to substantially seal the cavity. The bond is preferably formed by induction brazing, and the sealing member is coated with copper to facilitate the brazing. The invention also provides a fuel rail assembly comprising a fuel rail having a longitudinal axis and an inner wall. A damper assembly in the fuel rail includes a damper, and a spring locator coupled with the damper, the spring locator having two positioning portions outwardly biased to engage the inner wall of the fuel rail and position the damper assembly axially in the fuel rail. The spring locator is preferably a metal wire. Most preferably, the sealing member and the spring locator are the same device that both seals the damper and locates the damper assembly inside the fuel rail.