Patent ID: 7100848

Claim:
A fuel injection valve comprising: a casing comprising a fuel passage; a valve seat member disposed in the casing, the valve seat member comprising a valve seat; a valve element displaceably disposed within the casing, being in one of a rested state or a lifted state relative to the valve seat; and a substantially flat nozzle plate covering the valve seat, the nozzle plate comprising a plurality of nozzle-hole sets, each of which comprises a plurality of nozzle holes, each nozzle-hole set injecting fuel injection jets and colliding the fuel injection jets with each other when the valve element is lifted from the valve seat, the nozzle-hole sets constituting two nozzle-hole-set aggregations, the two aggregation being arranged to direct the collided fuel injection jets to two different directions, a thickness of the substantially flat nozzle plate being equal to or greater than a diameter of the nozzle holes.