US Patent 7249593 Injection system for an internal-combustion engine

A fuel-injection system (1, 1′, 1″, 1′″) for an internal-combustion engine (2), of the type provided with compressor mechanism (4) for making available the fuel at a high pressure to an storage volume (7), and a plurality of injectors (8, 8′, 8′″) fluidically connected to the storage volume (7) for taking in the fuel from the storage volume (7) and injecting it into respective combustion chambers (12) of the engine (2). The storage volume (7) is advantageously split into a plurality of distinct elementary storage volumes (9, 9′, 9a, 9b) fluidically connected to one another.