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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2010
Anthony Thomas Harcombe, Richmond, GB;
Mervyn J. Hackett, Sudbury, GB;
Andrew J. Limmer, Bury St. Edmunds, GB;
Mark S. Harper, Stourbridge, GB;
Mark S. Graham, Bristol, GB;
Anthony Thomas Harcombe, Richmond, GB;
Mervyn J. Hackett, Sudbury, GB;
Andrew J. Limmer, Bury St. Edmunds, GB;
Mark S. Harper, Stourbridge, GB;
Mark S. Graham, Bristol, GB;
Delphi International Operations Luxembourg S.A.R.L., Luxembourg, LU;
Abstract
A fuel injector comprising a valve needle for controlling fuel injection through an injector outlet, a control chamber for receiving fuel and a three-way control valve that controls fuel pressure within the control chamber to control opening and closing movement of the valve needle to control fuel injection through the outlet. The three-way control valve controls communication between (a) a first passage and a second passage and (b) a third passage and the second passage, and includes a first housing provided with a guide bore for a control valve member, whereby movement of the control valve member is guided within the guide bore and a first valve seat, defined by a second housing, with which an end of the control valve member is engageable to control communication between the first and second passages. The first housing is a control valve housing and the second housing is an injector housing, the injector housing being provided with a guide bore for the valve needle or a part carried by the valve needle. The control valve also defines a second valve seat defined by the first housing with which the control valve member is engageable to control communication between the second and third flow passages, and an intermediate housing located between the first and second housings, wherein the second passage is defined within the intermediate housing.