Patent ID: 6837449

Claim:
A fuel injector for a fuel-injection system of an internal combustion engine, comprising: a valve needle; a valve-closure member; a valve-seat surface formed at a valve-seat member; an actuator, the valve needle being activatable by the actuator to actuate the valve-closure member, the valve-closure member forming a sealing seat together with the valve-seat surface; a structure including at least one spray-discharge orifice formed downstream from the valve-seat surface; and a nozzle-orifice cover positioned at a discharge-side end of the fuel injector and for shielding the at least one spray-discharge orifice from a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine; wherein: the nozzle-orifice cover includes a plurality of outer spacers and an inner protective cap; and a number of the outer spacers is equal to a number of the at least one spray-discharge orifice.