Patent ID: 7765984

Claim:
A fuel injection device for a fuel injection system in an internal combustion engine, comprising: at least one fuel injection valve; a receptacle bore for the fuel injection valve in a cylinder head; a fuel distributor line having a fitting in which an inlet end of the fuel injection valve is arranged in partially overlapping fashion; and a connecting element including at least one of (a) a holding collar and (b) a plurality of holding collar segments that one of directly and indirectly engage a surface of one of a shoulder and a flange of the at least one fuel injection valve, the surface being non-parallel to a longitudinal axis of the fuel injection valve that extends between the inlet end and an outlet end of the fuel injection valve, the engagement applying a force to the one of the shoulder and the flange in a first direction towards the inlet end of the fuel injection valve, wherein the connecting element is arranged such that the fuel injection valve and the connecting element do not directly contact, and do not indirectly contact via contact through one or more other elements, any surfaces or walls of the cylinder head, including any surfaces or walls of the receptacle bore of the cylinder head, that do not extend axially parallel to the fuel injection valve.