The invention relates to an antiwear-coated metal component (1), in particular for a ball valve (6), the tribosurface of which component is at least partially provided with a multi-layer antiwear coating (2). The antiwear coating (2) has at least a metal adhesion layer (3a), an adhesion-promoting layer (3b) and at least one first cover layer (3c). The adhesion-promoting layer (3b) comprises a carbide-forming metal or a boride-forming metal. The at least first cover layer (3c) comprises a hydrogen-free tetrahedral carbon. The invention further relates to a method for applying an antiwear coating (2) to a metal substrate (9) in order to produce an antiwear-coated metal component (1) of this type. The invention further relates to a ball valve, comprising an antiwear-coated metal component (1) of this type and an antiwear coating (2).

A fuel injector system includes an injector body having a proximal end and a distal end, the injector body defining a nozzle having an outlet. The injector system includes a spill valve fluidly connected to the outlet and having a spill valve member movable between an open position and a closed position. The injector system includes a control valve including a control valve member movable between an open position and a closed position. The injector system includes a check valve fluidly connected to the outlet, the control valve including a check valve needle movable between an open position and a closed position. The injector system also includes an electrical monitoring circuit configured to output a signal indicative of at least one of the open position or the closed position of the spill valve member.

The present disclosure relates to a ball and a valve seat for a fuel injector, in which an SiO-DLC functional layer having low friction properties is formed as an outermost layer in order to reduce a friction coefficient, a Mo-based material is applied to a bonding layer and a supporting layer for bonding the SiO-DLC functional layer to a base material and supporting the same to improve the heat resistance thereof, and only Mo particles of a pure ion state are deposited so as to form the bonding layer and the support layer, such that adhesive force and bonding force are increased to thus improve durability; and to a method for coating the same.

A pump unit for feeding fuel, in particular diesel fuel, to an internal-combustion engine; the pump unit comprising a head (2) inside which a cylinder (3) is formed along an axis; a pumping piston (4) housed inside the cylinder and comprising a head portion (24) inside the cylinder and an opposite foot portion (23) projecting outside the cylinder; wherein the piston is slidable inside the cylinder in a reciprocating manner between a first position and a second position where the foot projects from the cylinder by a greater or smaller amount respectively; and wherein the outer surface of the piston comprises a portion (16) with a surface finish so as to have less friction and a greater lubricant-retaining capacity than the remainder of the outer surface of the piston; the portion extending along the axis between the head of the piston and a first intermediate point (17) in the first position of the piston, the first intermediate point being inside the cylinder.

Various embodiments include a fuel injector assembly for an internal combustion engine comprising: an injector cup; a securing device to fasten the injector cup to the engine; wherein a first end of the injector cup remote from the fuel inlet port comprises an outwardly extending flange; a connector abutting the flange, wherein the injector cup and the fuel injector are secured together through the connector; and a fastening bracket supported on the flange, wherein the injector cup and the connector are secured through the fastening bracket by a fastening device. The fastening device comprises a U-shaped clip with a first arm disposed between a clamping face of the fastening device and the fastening bracket and a second arm generally parallel to the first arm disposed on the opposite side of the fastening bracket.

A vehicle component includes a surface that is configured to contact a fuel containing ethanol and zinc ions. A sacrificial carbon layer is disposed on the surface. The sacrificial carbon layer has a thickness of greater than or equal to about 250 nm to less than or equal to about 5 m. The sacrificial carbon layer includes carbon that is configured to complex and solubilize ZnO deposited on the surface, wherein the ZnO forms from the zinc ions carried by the fuel.

A nozzle assembly of a fuel injector includes a nozzle body in which a needle member is adapted to translate. The nozzle assembly is further provided with an electrical circuit so that an electrical signal enabling contact detection is measurable between the needle member and the nozzle body. The nozzle assembly also includes a piezoresistive device which continuously varies the electrical signal during the final closing displacements, or the initial opening displacements, of the needle, the variations of the signal being a function of a differential pressure.

Methods and systems are provided for a diesel fuel injector for an internal combustion engine is provided. The diesel fuel injector comprises an injector nozzle body, the injector nozzle body comprising a first thickness of material, wherein an injection passage for injecting fuel using the fuel injector is formed in the first thickness of material, the injection passage defining an opening through which fuel is sprayed from the injector; and a second thickness of material, wherein the second thickness of material forms an outer surface of the injector nozzle body and wherein the second thickness of material extends around the injection passage, spaced apart from the injection passage opening, such that condensation forming on the outer surface of the injector nozzle body is positioned away from the opening of the injection passage. A method of manufacturing a diesel fuel injector is also provided.

Provided is a fuel distribution pipe connected to a fuel pipe and distributes and supplies fuel to a plurality of fuel injection devices, comprising: a tubular base material forming a body of the fuel distribution pipe; and a plating layer formed on a surface of the base material, wherein the base material includes a sealing surface formed on an inner peripheral surface thereof and comes into press-contact with the fuel pipe, and wherein a thickness of the plating layer on the sealing surface is thinner than that of the plating layer on an outer peripheral surface of the fuel distribution pipe.

A purge control solenoid valve includes a gas access body including an evaporation gas inlet, an evaporation gas outlet, and a path that connects the evaporation gas inlet and the evaporation gas outlet; a valve operation body including an armature coupled to the gas access body and performing a reciprocating motion in a direction in which the armature is brought into close contact with or separated from the path by a core that generates a magnetic force; and an armature top member being in close contact with or separated from the path due to the reciprocating motion of the armature to open or close the path. The armature top member has a non-adhesion coating formed on a top surface of a body thereof, and the non-adhesion coating includes a binder, graphite, polytetrafluoroethylene, and a crosslinking agent.