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Fuel feed device and method for producing a fuel feed device

US9038600B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

AUDI AG · DE
BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH · DE

Inventors

Maximilian Stichlmeir · Ingolstadt, DE
Sven Troester · Leibnizweg, DE
Dirk Höfner · Wellheim, DE
Jürgen Becker · Jockgrim, DE
Georg Dertinger · Borchen, DE
Markus Mehring · Lichtenau, DE
Damian Zwiener · Paderborn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 27, 2011
Grant date	May 26, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 20, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/4998
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A fuel feed device for attachment to a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine has at least one fuel distribution element extending along a longitudinal direction, and at least one connecting element extending transversely to the longitudinal direction, wherein the connecting element can be used to connect the fuel distribution element to the cylinder head. The fuel feed device further includes at least one reinforcing element which is connected, on one hand, to an outer surface of the fuel distribution element and, on the other hand, to the connecting element outside the fuel distribution element.

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