Patent ID: 7201136

Claim:
A fuel delivery injector for an internal combustion engine, the fuel delivery injector comprising a first portion and a second portion adapted to be connected together, the first portion having a delivery port defined between a valve seat and a valve member movable with respect to the valve seat for opening and closing the delivery port, the first portion being adapted for connection to the engine such that the delivery injector is operable to directly deliver fuel into a combustion chamber of the engine, the first portion further having a valve assembly contained therein, the valve assembly comprising the valve member and an actuating member operatively connected to the valve member, the valve member being located at one end of a valve stem, the actuating member being attached to the end of the valve stem intermediate the valve member and a terminal portion provided on the first portion at the end thereof opposite the delivery port, the second portion having an actuating means, whereby when the first and second portions are connected together the actuating means is operably associated with the actuating member to provide an actuating assembly and a flow path through the injector along which a fuel charge can be delivered to the combustion chamber.