US 12,012,913 B2
Fuel system cover for an internal combustion engine
Edward D. Koeberlein, Columbus, IN (US); David M. Barnes, Columbus, IN (US); and Michael T. Stanley, Seymour, IN (US)
Assigned to Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN (US)
Filed by Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN (US)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/053,952.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/263,831, filed on Nov. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0143650 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. F02M 55/02 (2006.01); F02M 37/00 (2006.01); F02M 61/14 (2006.01); F02M 65/00 (2006.01)
CPC F02M 37/0052 (2013.01) [F02M 37/0017 (2013.01); F02M 37/0047 (2013.01); F02M 55/025 (2013.01); F02M 61/14 (2013.01); F02M 65/006 (2013.01); F02M 2200/16 (2013.01); F02M 2200/18 (2013.01); F02M 2200/857 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An internal combustion engine system, comprising:
an internal combustion engine including a cylinder head assembly, the cylinder head assembly including a valve cover extending between a rearward end and an opposite forward end;
a fuel system including a first portion extending externally along the valve cover of the cylinder head assembly and a second portion within the valve cover; and
a fuel system cover mounted to the cylinder head assembly, the fuel system cover encapsulating the first portion of the fuel system extending externally along the valve cover of the cylinder head assembly, wherein the fuel system cover includes a first side wall forming an opening into an interior chamber that receives the first portion of the fuel system, the first side wall being mounted to a side of the cylinder head assembly of the internal combustion engine.