Patent ID: 8905003
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: F02M

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 while the plurality of first terminals are rotated; 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; a plurality of wires for establishing electrical connection between the plurality of first terminals and the plurality of second terminals; and a wire holder configured to hold each of the plurality of wires at least partly around the fuel pressure sensor, and shaped to extend in a direction corresponding to a rotational direction of the plurality of first terminals, and to establish contact to each of the plurality of wires, wherein the wire holder has a peripheral portion with both first and second ends, the first and second ends defining an opening therebetween, the opening being located to face the plurality of first terminals, and the wire holder is configured to hold the plurality of wires such that each of the plurality of wires passes through the opening, and each of the plurality of wires is arranged along the peripheral portion from one of the first and second ends to the other thereof.