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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2000
Malcolm David Dick Lambert, Bromley, GB;
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A fuel injector comprising a valve needle slidable within a first bore, a surface associated with the valve needle being exposed to the fuel pressure within a first control chamber and movement of the valve needle away from the valve needle seating being limited by a moveable stop member. The stop member has a surface exposed to fuel pressure within a second control chamber. The fuel injector also includes a control valve arrangement for controlling the fuel pressure within the first and second control chambers to control movement of the valve needle and the stop member. The invention also relates to a fuel injector in which the control valve arrangement is arranged to permit the rate of valve needle movement away from the valve needle seating to be varied, in use.