A fuel pump assembly comprises a plunger arranged to reciprocate within a plunger bore via a drive shaft, to perform a pumping cycle comprising a pumping stroke and a return stroke, the pumping stroke comprising movement of the plunger from a bottom dead centre (BDC) position to a top dead centre (TDC) position, and the return stroke comprising movement of the plunger from the TDC position to the BDC position. The fuel pump assembly comprises a spring assembly including a return spring that is cooperable, at a first end, with a first member coupled to the plunger and movable at a first speed dependent on the speed of rotation of the drive shaft and, at a second end, with a second member which is movable at a damped speed relative to the first speed.

A fuel pump assembly comprises a plunger arranged to reciprocate within a plunger bore via a drive shaft, to perform a pumping cycle comprising a pumping stroke and a return stroke, the pumping stroke comprising movement of the plunger from a bottom dead centre (BDC) position to a top dead centre (TDC) position, and the return stroke comprising movement of the plunger from the TDC position to the BDC position. The fuel pump assembly comprises a spring assembly including a return spring that is cooperable, at a first end, with a first member coupled to the plunger and movable at a first speed dependent on the speed of rotation of the drive shaft and, at a second end, with a second member which is movable at a damped speed relative to the first speed.

A radially deformable volume splitter of an emulsion injection common rail for a fuel injection system of a spark ignition engine. The volume splitter may be tubular and elongate, extending along a longitudinal axis from a first end to a second end. The volume splitter may comprise: a deformable longitudinal slot operable to radially deform the volume splitter from a first state for insertion into a cavity of the emulsion injection common rail to a second state for use inside the cavity; and a set of grooves, arranged on an outer surface of the volume splitter, for connecting an inlet of the cavity to one or more outlets of the cavity, in use.

A radially deformable volume splitter of an emulsion injection common rail for a fuel injection system of a spark ignition engine. The volume splitter may be tubular and elongate, extending along a longitudinal axis from a first end to a second end. The volume splitter may comprise: a deformable longitudinal slot operable to radially deform the volume splitter from a first state for insertion into a cavity of the emulsion injection common rail to a second state for use inside the cavity; and a set of grooves, arranged on an outer surface of the volume splitter, for connecting an inlet of the cavity to one or more outlets of the cavity, in use.

To obtain a gasoline direct injection rail provided with an inlet capable of reducing pressure pulsation without increasing the inner diameter of a high-pressure pipe even when the pressure of a system is increased. A gasoline direct injection rail comprises an inlet 2, 21 at a first end 15, 34 of a rail body 1, 20, wherein an orifice 12, 31 is provided inside the rail body 1, 20, the inlet 2, 21 has a fuel flow passage 4, 23, and a hollow part 8, 27 is provided between the fuel flow passage 4, 23 and the orifice 12, 31.

The present disclosure provides a high-pressure common rail fuel injector capable of achieving highly stable injection based on the throttling damping-accommodating effect in the present disclosure, comprising a fuel injector housing, a fuel pipe connector, an accumulator chamber, a fuel chamber control valve, a pressure fluctuation absorption assembly, a control valve assembly and a nozzle assembly; the accumulator chamber is installed in the fuel injector housing, and the fuel pipe connector is installed above the accumulator chamber; the fuel chamber control valve, the pressure fluctuation absorption assembly and the control valve assembly are installed in the fuel injector housing, and the nozzle assembly is arranged below the control valve assembly; and the accumulator chamber is separated into a main accumulator chamber, an auxiliary accumulator chamber and a fuel-return accumulator chamber.

The present disclosure provides a high-pressure common rail fuel injector capable of achieving highly stable injection based on the throttling damping-accommodating effect in the present disclosure, comprising a fuel injector housing, a fuel pipe connector, an accumulator chamber, a fuel chamber control valve, a pressure fluctuation absorption assembly, a control valve assembly and a nozzle assembly; the accumulator chamber is installed in the fuel injector housing, and the fuel pipe connector is installed above the accumulator chamber; the fuel chamber control valve, the pressure fluctuation absorption assembly and the control valve assembly are installed in the fuel injector housing, and the nozzle assembly is arranged below the control valve assembly; and the accumulator chamber is separated into a main accumulator chamber, an auxiliary accumulator chamber and a fuel-return accumulator chamber.

A method and a system provide direct injection of an improver enriched fuel into an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle. The method comprises providing a fuel with a fuel pump under a first pressure at a fuel inlet of an injector nozzle and providing a fuel improver with an improver pump under a second pressure at an inlet bore of the injector nozzle arranged downstream of the fuel inlet with respect to a nozzle outlet of the injector nozzle. The second pressure is higher than the first pressure at least for a limited time interval prior to injection to enrich the fuel with the fuel improver within the injector nozzle. The method also comprises injecting the improver enriched fuel into the internal combustion engine at the nozzle outlet.

A method and a system provide direct injection of an improver enriched fuel into an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle. The method comprises providing a fuel with a fuel pump under a first pressure at a fuel inlet of an injector nozzle and providing a fuel improver with an improver pump under a second pressure at an inlet bore of the injector nozzle arranged downstream of the fuel inlet with respect to a nozzle outlet of the injector nozzle. The second pressure is higher than the first pressure at least for a limited time interval prior to injection to enrich the fuel with the fuel improver within the injector nozzle. The method also comprises injecting the improver enriched fuel into the internal combustion engine at the nozzle outlet.

A high-pressure fuel pump for a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The fuel pump includes a pump housing and a pump cover which is mounted on the pump housing and which, together with the pump housing, delimits a low-pressure chamber. A recess is formed in the pump housing, in which recess a pressure-limiting valve is located. The recess is fluidically connected to the low-pressure chamber via a channel. The channel has the same or a larger cross-section at its end facing the low-pressure chamber than at its end facing the recess.