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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 09, 1990
John C Hickey, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A fuel injector for an internal combustion engine includes a housing for receiving liquid fuel and having a terminal provision for connecting the injector to an engine control computer, a solenoid coil operatively connected with the terminal provision, an orifice plate containing at least one orifice for discharging fuel from the injector, and a valve element positioned to cooperate with the orifice plate and to control the flow of fuel from the injector, with the valve element comprising a generally planar first segment which is immovable with respect to the injector housing and a second segment cantilevered from the first segment and having an armature attached thereto so that fuel will be allowed to flow from the injector when the injector solenoid coil is excited.