High pressure fuel injection pipe

• US 6,536,806 B1
• Filed: 03/31/1997
• Issued: 03/25/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha Limited
• Original Assignee: Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha Limited
• Inventors: Uematsu, Tadahiro, Kato, Nobuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Will, Thomas B.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Markovich, Kristine
• Application Number:
  US08/829,747
• Time in Patent Office: 2,185 Days
• Field of Search: 285/45, 285/55, 295/16, 297/28
• US Class Current: 285/55
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 3/06 with compression ignition compression ignition engines using air or gas for blowing fuel into compressed air in cylinder F02B13/02
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 55/02 Conduits between injection pumps and injectors , e.g. conduits between pump and common-rail or conduits between common-rail and injectors
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 19/025 the pipe ends having integral collars or flanges
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 58/08 by metal

Abstract

A high-pressure fuel injection pipe of doubled type, comprising: a thick outer tube; and an inner tube of made a metal and fitted in the outer tube to form a doubled pipe which is formed at its end portion with a connecting head having a face to be fitted on a seat of a mating partner. The outer tube is made of stainless steel or titanium, and the inner tube is formed of a thin metal having a high corrosion-resistance and a high strength and is doubled on the inner circumference of the outer tube throughout its entire length.

Claims

1. A high-pressure fuel injection pipe comprising:

a thick-walled outer tube unitarily formed of stainless steel and including opposed longitudinal ends, an inner surface of substantially constant inside diameter along the length of said outer tube, an outer surface defining an outside diameter of not more than 15 mm along a major portion of the outer tube, said outer tube being thicker adjacent at least one said longitudinal end to define an enlarged connecting head with a face configured for engagement with a mating partner;

an inner tube unitarily made of a thin metal having a high corrosion resistance and a high strength, said inner tube being disposed within said outer tube and extending along the entire length of said outer tube, said inner and outer tubes being doubly drawn for simultaneous integral reduction of both said inner and outer tubes, such that an abutting fixed engagement that is free of welds is defined between the inner circumferential surface of said outer tube and said inner tube along the entire length of said outer tube without heat treating said tubes.

2. A high-pressure fuel injection pipe according to claim 1, wherein said metal inner tube is made of a metallic material selected from the group consisting of stainless steel, a nickel-based alloy, titanium and a titanium alloy.

3. A high-pressure fuel injection pipe according to claim 2, wherein said nickel based alloy is selected from the group consisting of Inconel, Incoloy and Hastelloy.

4. A high-pressure fuel injection pipe according to claim 1, wherein said connecting head has a frusto-conical shape.

5. A high-pressure fuel injection pipe comprising:

a thick-walled outer tube unitarily formed of titanium and including opposed longitudinal ends, an inner surface of substantially constant inside diameter along the length of said outer tube, an outer surface defining an outside diameter of not more than 15 mm along a major portion of the outer tube, said outer tube being thicker adjacent at least one said longitudinal end to define an enlarged connecting head with a face configured for engagement with a mating partner;

an inner tube unitarily made of a thin metal having a high corrosion resistance and a high strength, said inner tube being disposed within said outer tube and extending along the entire length of said outer tube, said inner and outer tubes being doubly drawn for simultaneous integral reduction of both said inner and outer tubes, such that an abutting fixed engagement that is free of welds is defined between the inner circumferential surface of said outer tube and said inner tube along the entire length of said outer tube without heat treating said tubes.

6. A high-pressure fuel injection pipe according to claim 5, wherein said metal inner tube is made of a metallic material selected from the group consisting of stainless steel, a nickel-based alloy, titanium and a titanium alloy.

7. A high-pressure fuel injection pipe according to claim 6, wherein said titanium alloy is selected from the group consisting of 6A14V, 6A16V2Sn, 612Sn4Zr2Mo and 8A11Mo1V.

8. A high-pressure fuel injection pipe according to claim 6, wherein said nickel based alloy is selected from the group consisting of Inconel, Incoloy and Hastelloy.

9. A high-pressure fuel injection pipe according to claim 5, wherein said connecting head has a frusto-conical shape.

10. A high-pressure fuel injection pipe according to claim 5, further comprising a sleeve washer fitted on portions of the outer surface of said outer tube adjacent said connecting head.

11. A high-pressure fuel injection pipe which consists essentially of:

a thick-walled outer tube unitarily formed of titanium and including opposed longitudinal ends, an inner surface of substantially constant inside diameter along the length of said outer tube, an outer surface defining an outside diameter of not more than 15 mm along a major portion of the outer tube, said outer tube being thicker adjacent at least one said longitudinal end to define an enlarged connecting head with a face configured for engagement with a mating partner; and

an inner tube unitarily made of a thin tube of titanium or stainless steel and a high strength, said inner tube being disposed within said outer tube and extending along the entire length of said outer tube, said inner and outer tubes consisting essentially of an inner and an outer tube which are doubly drawn for simultaneous integral reduction of both said inner and outer tubes, such that an abutting fixed engagement that is free of welds is defined between the inner circumferential surface of said outer tube and said inner tube along the entire length of said outer tube without heat treating said tubes.

12. A high-pressure fuel injection pipe which consists essentially of:

a thick-walled outer tube unitarily formed of titanium and including opposed longitudinal ends, an inner surface of substantially constant inside diameter along the length of said outer tube, an outer surface defining an outside diameter of not more than 15 mm along a major portion of the outer tube, said outer tube being thicker adjacent at least one said longitudinal end to define an enlarged connecting head with a face configured for engagement with a mating partner; and

an inner tube unitarily made of a tube of stainless steel or titanium having a high corrosion resistance and a high strength, said inner tube being disposed within said outer tube and extending along the entire length of said outer tube, said inner and outer tubes consisting essentially of an inner and an outer tube which are doubly drawn for simultaneous integral reduction of both said inner and outertubes, such that an abutting fixed engagement that is free of welds is defined between the inner circumferential surface of said outertube and said innertube along the entire length of said outer tube without heat treating said tubes.

13. A high-pressure fuel injection pipe which consists of:

a thick-walled outer tube unitarily formed of stainless steel and including opposed longitudinal ends, an inner surface of stainless steel or titanium substantially constant inside diameter along the length of said outer tube, an outer surface defining an outside diameter of not more than 15 mm along a major portion of the outer tube, said outer tube being thicker adjacent at least one said longitudinal end to define an enlarged connecting head with a face configured for engagement with a mating partner; and

an inner tube unitarily made of a thin metal having a high corrosion resistance and a high strength, said inner tube being disposed within said outer tube and extending along the entire length of said outertube, said inner and outer tubes consisting essentially of an inner and an outer tube which are doubly drawn for simultaneous integral reduction of both said inner and outer tubes, such that an abutting fixed engagement that is free of welds is defined between the inner circumferential surface of said outer tube and said inner tube along the entire length of said outer tube without heat treating said tubes.

14. A high-pressure fuel injection pipe which consists of:

a thick-walled outer tube unitarily formed of stainless steel and including opposed longitudinal ends, an inner surface of titanium or stainless steel of substantially constant inside diameter along the length of said outer tube, an outer surface defining an outside diameter of not more than 15 mm along a major portion of the outer tube, said outer tube being thicker adjacent at least one said longitudinal end to define an enlarged connecting head with a face configured for engagement with a mating partner; and

an inner tube unitarily made of a thin metal having a high corrosion resistance and a high strength, said inner tube being disposed within said outer tube and extending along the entire length of said outer tube, said inner and outer tubes consisting essentially of an inner and an outer tube which are doubly drawn for simultaneous integral reduction of both said inner and outer tubes, such that an abutting fixed engagement that is free of welds is defined between the inner circumferential surface of said outer tube and said inner tube along the entire length of said outer tube without heat treating said tubes.