Patent ID: 8128005
Filing Date: 2012-03-06
Classification: F02M

Abstract:
1. A fuel injector having an injector housing that includes a pressure chamber from which highly pressurized fuel is injected into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion chamber when the pressure in a control chamber is relieved into a pressure relief chamber with the aid of a control valve device, and a low-pressure supply line that is connected to a low-pressure return via a flushing path that extends through the pressure relief chamber, wherein the control chamber and the pressure relief chamber are connected to each other via a connecting conduit that extends through a valve component along which or past which the flushing path extends, and wherein the connecting conduit in the valve component has an outlet throttle, the valve component includes a ball shaped closure member, and the flushing path extends along or past the ball shaped closure member of the valve component close to where the outlet throttle is situated.