A fuel pump assembly for pressurizing fuel such as dimethyl ether (DME). The fuel pump assembly includes a plunger assembly and a pump block defining a pumping chamber and a plunger assembly cavity in communication with the pumping chamber. The plunger assembly is movable at least partially in the plunger assembly cavity towards and from the pumping chamber. The fuel pump assembly includes a metering valve and a suction channel located between the metering valve and the pumping chamber in an intended direction of flow of the fuel, wherein the fuel pump assembly comprises a leakage return conduit, with a first leakage return conduit opening in fluid communication with said plunger assembly cavity, adapted to return fuel that has leaked from the pumping chamber. The leakage return conduit includes a second leakage return conduit opening located in the suction channel.

Gas admission valve assembly includes a housing, an elongated valve guide disposed within a central bore of the housing, a valve including a valve stem slidably disposed within the valve guide and a valve head selectively engagable with a valve seat of the housing to control flow between gas entry and exit openings into a housing entry chamber. First and second stem seals are disposed at opposite ends of the valve guide in sealing engagement with the valve stem between the valve stem and the central bore of the housing distally and the valve guide proximally.

A lubricated high pressure fuel pump assembly is provided, comprising a fuel pump, a sealed enclosure and a pump lubrication circuit. The fuel pump includes a pump drive shaft via which the fuel pump is configured to be mechanically driven. The sealed enclosure is configured to surround a first portion of the pump drive shaft, wherein the first portion is exterior to the fuel pump. The pump lubrication circuit comprises a lubricant reservoir and a lubricant pump configured to pump lubricant from the lubricant reservoir to the pump drive shaft. The sealed enclosure is configured to prevent fluid leakage from the fuel pump via the first portion of the pump drive shaft and the lubricant reservoir is configured to collect the lubricant from the pump drive shaft, such that the lubricant is retained within the lubricated high pressure fuel pump assembly.

A device for supplying lubricant for a fuel injection nozzle for injecting compressed natural gas (CNG) into an internal combustion engine is provided. The device includes a lubricant reservoir for supplying lubricant and having a feed pressure supply apparatus for applying a feed pressure to lubricant which is stored in the lubricant reservoir, where a feed pressure valve for setting the feed pressure is provided between the feed pressure supply apparatus and the lubricant reservoir, and a lubricant metering valve for metering the lubricant supply is provided between the lubricant reservoir and the fuel injection nozzle, where the lubricant is fed to the lubricant reservoir from an oil gallery of the internal combustion engine.

In a high pressure fuel supply system, a variable speed motor asynchronously actuates a pumping piston with a drive mechanism including a circular cam with cam roller, having an axis that is offset from the axis of the cam drive shaft. A rolling or sliding cam follower is rigidly connected to the piston, and a piston retainer is operatively connected among the piston, the cam follower and the cam roller. As the cam shaft rotates, the cam roller rotates eccentrically relative to the cam shaft while maintaining contact with the cam follower, thereby reciprocating the follower and the piston along the actuation axis, in corresponding charging and pumping strokes of the piston.

A gas injector for injecting a gaseous fuel. The gas injector includes: a magnetic actuator having an armature, an inner pole and a coil; a closing element, having a valve needle, the closing element opening and closing a gas path at a sealing seat, the armature being connected to the closing element; a closed off lubricant chamber which is filled with a lubricant and in which the armature is arranged, the lubricant ensuring lubrication of the armature; a flexible sealing element sealing the lubricant chamber with respect to the gas path; a restoring element which resets the closing element to a closed starting position; and a first needle guide formed between a guide sleeve and the valve needle. The first needle guide is arranged in the lubricant chamber radially inside the flexible sealing element, and the restoring element is arranged in the lubricant chamber inside the flexible sealing element.

Disclosed is a gas vehicle injector having improved lubrication characteristics. The injector is provided with a housing installed at a fuel supply pipe of an engine, a needle valve installed at a lower portion of the housing and having an injection nozzle, a coil installed inside the housing and generating a magnetomotive force by receiving electric power, a solenoid having a core generating an attractive force by the magnetomotive force, and a plunger reciprocating and installed below the solenoid, and the injector includes: a depression groove circumferentially formed on an inner circumferential surface of the housing; and a communication groove formed on the inner circumferential surface of the housing, and communicating with the depression groove.

A lubricated high pressure fuel pump assembly is provided, comprising a fuel pump, a sealed enclosure and a pump lubrication circuit. The fuel pump includes a pump drive shaft via which the fuel pump is configured to be mechanically driven. The sealed enclosure is configured to surround a first portion of the pump drive shaft, wherein the first portion is exterior to the fuel pump. The pump lubrication circuit comprises a lubricant reservoir and a lubricant pump configured to pump lubricant from the lubricant reservoir to the pump drive shaft. The sealed enclosure is configured to prevent fluid leakage from the fuel pump via the first portion of the pump drive shaft and the lubricant reservoir is configured to collect the lubricant from the pump drive shaft, such that the lubricant is retained within the lubricated high pressure fuel pump assembly.

A pumping unit has a fuel storage tank (2), a piston pump (6) for feeding the fuel to an internal combustion engine (3); a gear pump (7) for feeding the fuel from the storage tank (2) to the piston pump (6), and a hydraulic circuit (46) which connects together the storage tank (2) and the internal combustion engine (3), extends through a pump body (8) of the piston pump (6) so as to lubricate an actuating shaft (36) of the piston pump (6) and has a collection branch (55) for collecting the fuel leaks resulting from the lubrication of said actuating shaft (36); the collection branch (55) being connected to an intake (37a) of the gear pump (7) so as to lubricate an actuating shaft (42) of the gear pump (7) with the fuel from said collection branch (55).

An oil lubricated common rail diesel pump includes a pumping assembly and a drivetrain assembly. The pumping assembly includes a pump housing and a plunger mounted along a pumping axis. The drivetrain assembly includes a driveshaft and a cam mounted within a first chamber of a drivetrain housing. The plunger is arranged for reciprocating linear movement along the pumping axis within a second chamber of the housing upon rotation of the cam. The drivetrain assembly also includes a guide mounted within the housing between the cam and the plunger and being adapted to receive a cam follower. At least the housing is adapted to be substantially filled with oil in use and the guide includes at least one flow passage communicating between the first chamber and the second chamber.