ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,948, issued on April 29, was assigned to PHINIA DELPHI LUXEMBOURG SARL (Belvaux, Luxembourg).
"Fuel pump" was invented by Cyrille Lesieur (Avaray, France) and Christophe Breant (Olivet, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A GDi fuel pump comprising an inlet valve assembly arranged in an inlet passage of the pump housing. The inlet valve assembly comprises a check valve comprising a seat member cooperating with a valve member; and an actuator assembly having a needle assembly reciprocally moveable by means of a magnetic field to actuated the valve member. The needle assembly includes an actuating needle, an armature, a washer with a ...