Patent ID: 7607636

Claim:
A valve assembly for an injection valve, comprising: a valve body including a central longitudinal axis, the valve body comprising a cavity with a fluid inlet portion and a fluid outlet portion, a valve needle axially movable in the cavity, the valve needle preventing a fluid flow through the fluid outlet portion in a closing position and releasing the fluid flow through the fluid outlet portion in further positions, a fluid flow directing element arranged in the fluid outlet portion coaxially between the valve body and the valve needle and extending in radial direction away from the valve needle in a way that a fluid flow between the valve needle and the fluid flow directing element is prevented, wherein the fluid flow directing element extends radially beyond an inner radius of a swirl disc located in the fluid outlet portion of the cavity, and a first structure arranged in the fluid outlet portion coaxially between the valve body and the valve needle and arranged downstream of the fluid flow directing element, wherein the valve body defines: a first fluid flow path around the fluid flow directing element, through the swirl disk, and through an outlet opening; and a second fluid flow path around the fluid flow directing element, around the swirl disk, and through the outlet opening, wherein the first and second flow paths are separated by the first structure.