Invention Application
- Patent Title: Accumulator Centering Mechanism
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Application No.: US15406368Application Date: 2017-01-13
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Publication No.: US20180202400A1Publication Date: 2018-07-19
- Inventor: Michael Curtis Herr , Joshua David Carlson
- Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Peoria
- Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Peoria
- Main IPC: F02M55/02
- IPC: F02M55/02 ; F02M55/00 ; F02M53/04 ; F02F1/24 ; F02M61/16

Abstract:
A resilient seal member disposed in an alignment groove of an accumulator body centers the accumulator body in an oversized accumulator bore of a cylinder head to prevent assembly damage. The seal member can compress to allow the accumulator body to move off center within the accumulator bore so that an end may be received by and form a seal with a port of a fuel injector. The alignment groove and the seal member are configured so that cooling fluid can flow past the seal member when the accumulator body is installed. In one implementation, the accumulator body includes at least one fluid flow channel at the alignment groove having a depth greater than the alignment groove so fluid can flow through the channel to pass the seal member.
Public/Granted literature
- US10167831B2 Accumulator centering mechanism Public/Granted day:2019-01-01
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