Abstract: A rocker arm includes an outer arm and an inner arm which selectively pivot relative to each other. A lock pin moves between a coupled position in which the lock pin prevents the inner arm from pivoting relative to the outer arm past a predetermined in a first direction and a decoupled position in which the lock pin permits rotation past the predetermined position in the first direction. A lost motion spring biases the inner arm to pivot relative to the outer arm in a second direction which is opposite of the first direction. A travel stop extends along a travel stop axis and has a travel stop surface such that the extent to which the inner arm pivots relative to the outer arm in the second direction is dependent upon the rotational position of the travel stop about the travel stop axis.

Abstract: A method of forming a shielded electrical terminal configured to receive a corresponding shielded electrical terminal. The terminal includes an inner shield defining a shield cavity about a longitudinal axis. The shield cavity is configured to receive the corresponding shielded electrical terminal. The inner shield has a longitudinal inner seam substantially that is parallel to the longitudinal axis. The inner shield defines a plurality of resilient contact springs that protrude into the shield cavity. The contact springs are configured to contact the corresponding shielded electrical terminal. The terminal also includes an outer shield integrally formed with the inner shield and covering at least a portion of the inner shield. The terminal formed by this method is also presented.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a housing having cavities for receiving electric contact elements and a fastening device to fasten a cable harness that includes the electrical contact elements. The electrical connector assembly also includes a cover attached to the housing. A housing transition portion of the housing and a cover transition portion of the cover cooperate with each other to define a tube shaped guiding channel for guiding the cable harness. The fastening device is arranged inside the guiding channel. The fastening device comprises means configured to cooperate with a cable tie such that it guides and holds the cable tie in a holding direction perpendicular to an extension direction of the guiding channel.

Abstract: A fuel injector includes a needle that can move between an entirely open position and a closed position is provided with a device for identifying the position of the needle, in which an electrical circuit is closed in the two extreme positions, the needle being in electrical contact with ground, the circuit being open in any other intermediate position of the needle, the needle not being grounded.

Abstract: A mobile valve member designed to be arranged in the nozzle body of a fuel injector, extends along a main axis and includes a piston formed of a first male cylinder of effective diameter forming the top end of the mobile member and of a second cylinder provided with an internal cylindrical bore of the effective diameter and a shutoff member including a male cylindrical shaft of the effective diameter that fits slidingly in the internal bore, and of a member extending as far as a pointed end provided with a mobile seat and forming the bottom end of the mobile member. The mobile member is hydraulically balanced and the length between the top end and the bottom end thereof is variable as a result of the sliding of the cylindrical shaft in the internal bore of the piston.

Abstract: A connector assembly includes a first-connector-housing, an inner-housing, a terminal-stabilizer, and a second-connector-housing. The inner-housing is disposed within a cavity defined by the first-connector-housing. The inner-housing includes a pair of opposed flexible-locks moveable from a locked-position to an unlocked-position. The terminal-stabilizer is disposed within the cavity and movable from a pre-stage-position to a seated-position. The terminal-stabilizer defines a pair of stops configured to engage ends of the opposed flexible-locks when the opposed flexible-locks are in the locked-position. The second-connector-housing includes a pair of unlocking-features configured to move the pair of opposed flexible-locks from the locked-position to the unlocked-position.

Abstract: A display assembly for an automotive vehicle includes a housing having a front opening, a peripheral wall, and a rear wall arranged along a main axis. The housing is configured to receive a display module on a front opening side and a printed circuit board connected to the display module. The printed circuit board includes an electronic control unit to control the display module, characterized in that it further comprises an internal casing which is mounted in the housing against the housing rear wall, said internal casing comprising a first holding surface configured to receive the printed circuit board and a second holding surface configured to receive the display module, and in that the housing comprises a first set of axially retaining members holding the printed circuit board on the first holding surface and a second set of axially retaining members holding the display module on the second holding surface.

Abstract: A fuel system includes a fuel pump and a jet pump assembly. The jet pump assembly includes a first fuel passage defined by a first tube. The jet pump assembly also includes a second fuel passage which receives pressurized fuel from the fuel pump, the second fuel passage having a primary orifice centered about and extending along a primary orifice axis such that the primary orifice axis is directed into the first fuel passage and such that the primary orifice introduces a first flow of fuel into the first fuel passage. The second fuel passage also has a secondary orifice centered about and extending along a secondary orifice axis which is not coincident with the primary orifice axis and which is directed at an inner surface of the first tube and the secondary orifice introduces a second flow of fuel into the first fuel passage which impinges the inner surface.

Abstract: A subassembly for a high pressure fuel injector control valve includes a control valve member and a sleeve attached to a stem of the control valve member, the sleeve extending along at least a partial axial length of the stem of the control valve member, and wherein a clearance, provided between the sleeve and the control valve member, is in fluid communication with the control chamber such that during use, pressure compensation occurs, as the sleeve is caused to expand and seal against the control valve bore, thereby preventing leakage of fuel within the control valve assembly.

Abstract: A connector-assembly includes a connector-housing, one or more cavity-plugs, and a strain-relief-device. The connector-housing defines a plurality of cavities configured to retain a plurality of electrical-terminals inserted along a longitudinal-axis of the connector-housing. The plurality of electrical-terminals are attached to cables extending beyond a wire-end of the connector-housing. The one or more cavity-plugs are individually disposed into a portion of the plurality of cavities. The one or more cavity-plugs are configured to inhibit contamination from entering the portion of the plurality of cavities. The strain-relief-device is removably attached to the wire-end of the connector-housing. The strain-relief-device defines a plurality of apertures through which the cables extend. The strain-relief-device includes one or more cavity-plug-retainers disposed within a portion of the plurality of apertures that inhibit a removal of the one or more cavity-plugs from the portion of the plurality of cavities.

Abstract: A fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine includes an injector having a first orifice to which is tightly connected a pipe having a matching first orifice. Both orifices are surrounded with peripheral smooth surfaces that are complementary surfaces sealingly pressed against each other by a clamping plate.

Abstract: A high pressure fuel pump has a piston extending outside a pump head toward an end provided with a spring seat cooperating with a cam follower. A pump spring compressed between the pump head and the cam follower maintains the follower in contact with a revolving cam. The pump is further provided with a flexible tubular sealing sleeve engaged around the piston and extending between the pump head and the cam follower so that the internal space of the sleeve is sealingly isolated from the outer space.

Abstract: A method for molding a connector which includes a connecting element having a cylindrical body and, one arm extending along an arm axis for the L-shaped connector or, two arms extending along two different arm axes for the T-shaped connector, the body being capable of being connected to an injector, and each arm being capable of being connected to the end of a pipe. The molding method includes a) providing a mold having a cavity for a T-shaped connecting element, the cavity including a cavity for a body and two cavities for arms and b) arranging an insert in the cavity for one of the two arms when an L-shaped connecting element is to be molded.

Abstract: A rocker arm includes an outer arm with an outer follower and an inner arm which selectively pivots relative to the outer arm, the inner arm having an inner follower. A lost motion spring biases the inner arm to pivot relative to the outer arm. A lock pin which slides between a coupled position and a decoupled position. A pivot shaft includes a first portion a second portion centered about a first pivot shaft axis and a third portion located between the first portion and the second portion that is centered about a second pivot shaft axis which is parallel to, and laterally offset from, the first pivot shaft axis. The third portion supports the inner arm.

Abstract: A rocker arm includes an outer arm defining a bore; an inner arm which pivots relative to the outer arm, the inner arm defining a stop surface; a lost motion spring which biases the inner arm to pivot relative to the outer arm in a first direction; and a lock pin that slides within the bore between a coupled position in which the lock pin prevents the inner arm from pivoting relative to the outer arm past a predetermined position in a second direction which is opposite of the first direction and a decoupled position in which the lock pin permits the inner arm to pivot relative to the outer arm past the predetermined position in the second direction; such that the lock pin and the stop surface act together to limit the extent to which the inner arm pivots relative to the outer arm in the first direction.

Abstract: An electrical connection includes a first electrical conductor assembly having a first electrical conductor with a first electrical conductor surface and a second electrical conductor assembly having a second electrical conductor with a second electrical conductor surface which is engaged with the first electrical conductor surface such that the second electrical conductor assembly and the first electrical conductor assembly reciprocate relative to each other along a path. The first electrical conductor surface and the second electrical conductor surface provide electrical communication between the first electrical conductor assembly and the second electrical conductor assembly along the path. The second electrical conductor surface has a first area of gold having a first magnitude of hardness which engages the first electrical conductor surface and also has a second area of gold having a second magnitude of hardness which is greater than the first magnitude of hardness.

Abstract: A fuel pressure regulator includes a housing having a housing bore and a housing inlet; a piston located within the housing bore such that the piston and the housing bore define an accumulation chamber and such that the piston moves between a first piston position where the accumulation chamber is minimized in volume and a second piston position where the accumulation chamber is maximized in volume, the piston having a piston bore with a piston inlet and a piston outlet and a valve seat defined therebetween; a piston spring which biases the piston toward the first piston position; a valve closure which moves between a seated position which prevents fluid communication from the piston inlet to the piston outlet and an unseated position which provides fluid communication from the piston inlet to the piston outlet; and a valve closure spring which biases the valve closure toward the seated position.

Abstract: A fuel injector includes an injector body with a bore; an injector needle located within the bore and engageable with a needle seat to control fuel injection through an injector outlet; an armature member, the armature member being engageable with an armature seat on the injector needle, the injector needle in part and the armature member in part defining a control chamber; an actuator arrangement arranged to control fuel pressure within the control chamber such that fuel pressure variations within the control chamber controls movement of the injector needle relative to the needle seat wherein the actuator arrangement is arranged to be capable of moving the armature member from a seated position in which it engages the armature seat to an unseated position in which the armature member has moved relative to the armature seat in order to bring the control chamber into fluid communication with a low pressure drain.

Abstract: An electrical junction box, preferably configured for use in electrical or hybrid vehicles, includes a junction box housing and a bus bar element located inside the junction box housing. The junction box housing has a first opening for receiving end portions of electrical cables. The bus bar element comprises connecting means configured to connect ferrules, provided at the wire end portions of the electrical cables. The junction box housing is made of a plastic material and the bus bar element is made of metal.

Abstract: The present application relates to a pump unit for a fuel injection system. The pump unit has a low pressure fuel supply line and a high pressure fuel outlet. A pumping chamber having a plunger is operable to perform a pumping cycle comprising a pumping stroke and a filling stroke. The pump unit also includes an inlet valve having an inlet valve member movable between an open position for permitting the supply of fuel to the pumping chamber from the low pressure fuel supply line and a closed position for inhibiting the supply of fuel from the pumping chamber to the low pressure supply line. An outlet valve is provided in the high pressure fuel outlet. The pump unit also includes a means for latching the inlet valve member in its open position. The present application also relates to a method of operating a pump unit.