Patent ID: 8191797

Claim:
A fuel injector for a fuel-injection system of an internal combustion engine, comprising: a valve sleeve; a valve-seat body arranged in the valve sleeve; a valve-closure member that forms a sealing seat together with the valve-seat body; an actuator that is in an operative connection with the valve-closure member; and a clamping sleeve, arranged in the valve sleeve, by which the valve-seat body is held in place in the valve sleeve; wherein the clamping sleeve and the valve-seat body do not overlap in an axial direction; and wherein the clamping sleeve includes an axial slot that is situated at a circumferential wall of the clamping sleeve, runs along an entire length of the clamping sleeve and extends in a radial direction completely through the circumferential wall of the clamping sleeve along the entire length of the clamping sleeve.