US 11,988,181 B2
Fuel distribution pipe
Masakazu Nomura, Koga (JP); and Kotaro Sato, Koga (JP)
Assigned to Sanoh Industrial Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/038,394
Filed by Sanoh Industrial Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 11, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/041507
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 23, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/113749, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 2, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-196883 (JP), filed on Nov. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0417208 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. F02M 55/02 (2006.01); F02M 37/00 (2006.01)
CPC F02M 55/025 (2013.01) [F02M 37/0011 (2013.01); F02M 2200/247 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fuel distribution pipe that distributes and supplies fuel supplied from a fuel pipe to a plurality of fuel injection devices, comprising:
a pipe member configured to form a storage space for storing the fuel therein; and
two connection members respectively inserted into and joined to both tip end portions of the pipe member and having a through hole connected to the storage space,
wherein one of the connection members is a pipe connection member connected to the fuel pipe, and an other connection member is a sensor connection member connected to a fuel pressure sensor that detects a pressure of fuel stored in the storage space,
wherein the connection members have an intermediate diameter portion adjacent to the storage space and a small diameter portion disposed on a side opposite to the storage space with respect to the intermediate diameter portion, and
wherein the intermediate diameter portion has an inner diameter that is larger than an inner diameter of the small diameter portion and smaller than an inner diameter of the pipe member.