Patent ID: 7703708
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: F02M

Abstract:
1. A fuel injection valve comprising: a nozzle body that includes: a plate that is adjacently provided to the nozzle body, said plate having a nozzle body-side end surface directly contacting a plate-side end surface of said nozzle body, said plate having a fuel passage therein, through which fuel is supplied to the needle-receiving bore, wherein the plate has an annular groove defined in said nozzle body-side end surface thereof which directly connects the fuel passage with the needle-receiving bore, wherein the annular groove opens to the needle-receiving bore, wherein: the annular groove has a radially outer peripheral wall which is located radially outward of an inner wall of the needle-receiving bore that defines an opening portion of said needle-receiving bore at said plate-side end surface of said nozzle body.