Patent ID: 7267096

Claim:
A fuel injection device ( 22 ) for an internal combustion engine, the injection device comprising a housing ( 30 , 32 ), a recess ( 34 ) provided in the housing ( 30 , 32 ), at least two valve elements ( 36 , 40 ) disposed coaxial to each other in the recess ( 34 ), each of the valve elements cooperating with a corresponding valve seat ( 38 , 42 ) and each being associated with at least one corresponding fuel outlet opening ( 52 , 54 ), and a shared valve device ( 56 ) having at least three switched positions and being operable to influence the position of the valve elements ( 36 , 40 ), wherein, in a first switched position of the shared valve device ( 56 ), both of the valve elements ( 36 , 40 ) rest against its valve seat ( 38 , 42 ), wherein in a second switched position, one of the two valve elements ( 40 ) is lifted away from its valve seat ( 42 ), and wherein in a third switched position, both of the valve elements ( 36 , 40 ) are lifted away from their valve seats ( 38 , 42 ).