Patent ID: 6910642

Claim:
A fuel injector, comprising: a return spring; a valve needle; an armature that is impinged upon by the return spring and that forms with the valve needle an axially movable part; a magnet coil that coacts with the armature; a valve seat element; a valve closure member provided on the valve needle and forming, together with the valve seat element, a sealing seat; at least one first contact lug that is conductively connected to the magnet coil; a valve sleeve; a metal hollow body forming an inlet-side extension of the fuel injector and being inserted into the valve sleeve; a retainer; and a connector plug including at least one second contact lug on the retainer, the connector plug being clamped onto the metal hollow body such that each of the at least one second contact lug of the connector plug is conductively connected to the at least one first contact lug of the magnet coil.