Abstract: A fuel-injection system (1, 1?, 1?, 1??) for an internal-combustion engine (2), of the type provided with compressor mechanism (4) for making available the fuel at a high pressure to an storage volume (7), and a plurality of injectors (8, 8?, 8??) fluidically connected to the storage volume (7) for taking in the fuel from the storage volume (7) and injecting it into respective combustion chambers (12) of the engine (2). The storage volume (7) is advantageously split into a plurality of distinct elementary storage volumes (9, 9?, 9a, 9b) fluidically connected to one another.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 4, 2005
Date of Patent:
July 31, 2007
Assignee:
C.R.F. Societa Consortile per Azioni
Inventors:
Mario Ricco, Sisto Luigi De Matthaeis, Annunziata Anna Satriano, Antonio Gravina, Adriano Gorgoglione