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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2018
Continental Automotive Gmbh, Hannover, DE;
Hong Zhang, Tegernheim, DE;
Nikolay Belyaev, Regensburg, DE;
Anatoliy Lyubar, Wolfsegg, DE;
Gerd Rösel, Regensburg, DE;
Markus Stutika, Regensburg, DE;
Vitesco Technologies GMBH, Hannover, DE;
Abstract
A fuel injector for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle. The fuel injector including the following: (a) a pole piece, (b) an armature which can be moved along a movement axis, (c) a coil and (d) a permanent magnet, wherein the movable armature has at least one electrically insulating element which is designed to reduce eddy currents in the armature, and wherein the permanent magnet is fitted such that it generates a magnetic field which produces a force which acts on the armature in the direction of the pole piece. The invention also describes a method for ascertaining a position of a movable armature in a fuel injector and also an engine controller.