Patent ID: 8286893

Claim:
A fuel injector comprising a housing with a central longitudinal axis having a fluid inlet portion being adapted to be coupled to a fuel rail at a first axial end area, the housing comprising a recess and enabling a fluid flow through a fluid outlet portion at a second axial end area facing away from the first axial end area, wherein the fluid inlet portion communicates with the fluid outlet portion via the recess, and a safety component being arranged at the central longitudinal axis within the recess and being adapted to reduce and arranged for reducing a velocity regarding the central longitudinal axis at the fluid inlet portion of the fluid flowing from the recess through the fluid inlet portion; wherein the safety component comprises a plurality of cavities being arranged vertically regarding the central longitudinal axis and a cross section of the safety component is at least partly to align with the plurality of cavities regarding the direction of the central longitudinal axis and being arranged with a given axial offset to the plurality of cavities regarding the central longitudinal axis via a central part of the safety component.