Patent ID: 7448362

Claim:
A control valve module for a fuel injector assembly for an internal combustion engine, the fuel injector assembly having a pump body with a high-pressure passage and a spring cage assembly with a high-pressure passage, wherein the control valve module is adapted to be interposed between the pump body, with an upper edge facing the pump body and a lower edge facing the spring cage assembly, and wherein the control valve module further has a facing recess to accommodate at least a portion of a stator assembly with a cylindrical chamber extending into the valve module from the facing recess, with an annulus surrounding the cylindrical chamber, and with a high-pressure passage, characterized by: the control valve high-pressure passage having a first portion extending linearly between the annulus and the upper edge where it is positioned to communicate with the pump body high-pressure passage, and a second portion extending linearly between the annulus and the lower edge where it is positioned to communicate with the spring cage assembly high-pressure passage wherein the first portion and second portion extend relative to each other at an angle other than 180 degrees.