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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2011
Stephen O. Crossley, High Wycombe, GB;
Andrew J. Limmer, Suffolk, GB;
Mervyn J. Hackett, Suffolk, GB;
Stephen O. Crossley, High Wycombe, GB;
Andrew J. Limmer, Suffolk, GB;
Mervyn J. Hackett, Suffolk, GB;
Delphi International Operations Luxembourg S.A.R.L., Luxembourg, LU;
Abstract
A needle for use in a needle valve, such as the needle valve of a fuel injector, comprises a tip section (), a first guide section () and a second guide section (). The tip section () has a needle tip. The first guide section () is remote from the needle tip. The second guide section comprises a tube, wherein the first guide section () and the tip section () are comprised in an integrated inner needle component () extending through the tube (). A method of manufacturing such a needle is also described.