Valve of a fuel injector

A valve (1) of a fuel injector for a selective separation of a high pressure region from a low pressure region of a fuel, comprising:

• an opening (2) in a seat plate (3);
• an armature (4) configured to close the opening (2) of the seat plate (3);
• a spring element (5) preloading the armature (4) in the direction of a position closing the opening (2);
• an electromagnet (6) for raising the armature (4) from the position closing the opening (2) into a position releasing the opening (2);
• and
• an elastically compressible damping element (7) positioned to bound an armature stroke on raising the armature (4) from the seat plate (3) into releasing position, wherein
• the armature (4) is positioned to only come into contact with the damping element (7) on transition from the position closing the opening (2) into the position releasing the opening (2),
• the damping element (7) has a spherical section (8) at its contact surface with the armature (4) to minimize contact with the armature (4),
• the stiffness of the damping element (7) is smaller than the stiffness of the armature (4), and
• the armature (4) is spaced axially away from both the electromagnet (6) and the damping element (7) in the position closing the opening (2).