......DE....FRGB..IT......SE......................R0501612EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATIONA319921021EP92300769.419920129enenen910383319910223GB19921021199243199209021992365 5F 02M 69/46 A 5F 02M 69/04 B 5F 02M 61/14 BdeAnsaugrohr und BrennstoffversorgungseinrichtungenInlet manifold and fuel supply assemblyfrCollecteur d'admission et dispositif d'alimentation2JAGUAR CARS LIMITED00540622P707Browns LaneAllesley Coventry CV5 9DRGBNorton, John Albert14 Ullswater AvenueNuneaton, Warwickshire CV11 6HRGBWatts, Peter Grahamet al00043101Anthony Cundy & Co., 1623 Warwick RoadKnowle, Solihull, West Midlands B93 9LFGBDEFRGBITSE19921021199243

An inlet manifold (13) is formed from two castings (14, 15) joined along an interface (16), one casting (14) defines a plurality of seat formations (19) each seat formation (19) being adapted to locate a fuel injector (21), the seat formations (19) opening at one end into an associated inlet passage (17), the other casting (15) defining closure formations (20) corresponding to the seat formations (19) so that when the two castings are bolted together the closure formations (20) will retain the fuel injectors (21) in the seat formations (19), a common fuel passage (25) being provided in the manifold (13) and communicating with each of the seat formations (19) for supplying fuel to the fuel injectors (21).