Fuel injector
AssigneeDelphi Technologies IP Limited
InventorThierry Thibault
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Abstract
A control valve for controlling the movement of a needle of a fuel injector includes a coil which is attached to a housing of the injector, which housing engages with an armature which can be moved between an open position and a closed position. The armature includes a magnetic plate, through the center of which a rod, which forms a valve piston, extends perpendicularly to the plate to a remote end. The piston slides into a bore in the injector housing, the movements of the armature and of the piston opening or closing channels in which pressurized fuel flows. The armature is provided with a device for quickly discharging the fuel which is captive between the coil and the plate.
Claims10
A control valve which controls movements of a needle of a fuel injector, the control valve comprising:
- a coil fixed to an injector body of the fuel injector and cooperating with an armature which moves between an open position close to the coil when the coil is energized and a closed position remote from the coil when the coil is not energized, the armature comprising a magnetic plate, which is located within a cavity, and a valve rod which extends perpendicularly from the magnetic plate in an opposite direction from the coil to a distal end, said valve rod sliding into a bore in the injector body such that a chamber is formed between the bore and the valve rod and such that movements of the armature and of the valve rod allow fluid communication between the chamber and the cavity when the armature is in the open position and prevent fluid communication between the chamber and the cavity when the armature is in the closed position, wherein the valve rod is provided with a rapid discharge device of fuel which is captive between the coil and the magnetic plate such that the rapid discharge device does not provide a path from the chamber to the cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.