Patent ID: 8402950
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: F02M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A fuel injector to be installed in an internal combustion engine to spray fuel from a spray hole, the fuel injector comprising: a body having formed therein a spray hole and a fuel supply passage, the fuel supply passage being designed such that fuel supplied thereto is delivered to the spray hole; a fuel pressure sensor designed to produce a signal indicative of a pressure of the fuel; a plurality of first terminals attached to the fuel pressure sensor and including at least one terminal for outputting the signal indicative of the pressure of the fuel, the fuel pressure sensor being threadedly installed in the body by being rotated, together with the plurality of first terminals, about a preset axis; a connector comprising a housing attached to the body, and a plurality of second terminals supported by the housing for external electric connection of the fuel pressure sensor; and a plurality of electrodes, each said electrode being arranged to extend around said preset axis in a circular arc, each of the plurality of electrodes electrically connecting a corresponding one of the plurality of first terminals to a corresponding one of the plurality of second terminals.