Abstract: In a fuel injector, the temperature differential between a distributor plate, through which relatively cool fuel passes, and the manifold to which the distributor plate is bonded causes stresses and strains that can reduce the durability and longevity of the fuel injector. In disclosed embodiments, the distributor plate is bonded to an outer arm and inner arm. These arms act as levers to take up the stresses and strains caused by the temperature differential, thereby increasing the durability and longevity of the fuel injector.

Abstract: The present invention is a batting aid, and methods of making and using the batting aid. The invention is a highly shock absorbent, lightweight, portable batting aid, which is inexpensive to make, and provides an easy, fatigue-resistant use. The invention comprises a composite apparatus consisting of all shock-absorbent lightweight components, comprising a handle at one end and a golf-size ball at the other. The result of the shock absorbency properties, negligible weight, and arrangement of the parts of the invention is that, while grasping the invention by the handle, while the ball is being repeatedly hit with the bat, the user will not experience fatigue from the weight of the apparatus or repeated impacts of the bat. The invention is small and lightweight enough to fit inside the typical batting bag.