Patent ID: 9157404
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: F02M

Abstract:
1. A fuel injector ( 1 ) comprising a high-pressure area ( 32 ), which in operation contains fuel under high pressure, a low-pressure area ( 38 ), which in operation contains fuel under low pressure, a sensor ( 12 ) located in the low-pressure area ( 38 ), a transmission member ( 9 ), which is arranged to exert a force on the sensor ( 12 ) corresponding to the pressure of the fuel in the high-pressure area ( 32 ), and a control valve, wherein the sensor ( 12 ) is arranged in a low-pressure area ( 38 ) of the control valve, wherein the control valve is pressure-balanced, and wherein the control valve includes a valve needle ( 8 ) and the transmission member ( 9 ) includes a pressure pin ( 9 ) arranged inside the valve needle ( 8 ).