Patent ID: 7571715

Claim:
A fuel injector for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, the fuel injector having an injector body comprising a first function unit that has at least one first electrically triggerable valve, at least one second function unit differing from the first function unit and having at least one second electrically triggerable valve, and at least one nonpositive-engagement connecting element and at least one positioning pin reversibly joining the first function unit and the second function unit at a butt joint, wherein the first function unit comprises at least one electrical injector body contact which is accessible from outside the injector body, wherein the second electrically triggerable valve comprises at least one valve contact, and wherein the at least one electrical valve contact and the at least one electrical injector body contact are joined at least in part via at least one electrical solid conductor that is substantially dimensionally stable under its own weight.