Fuel injection apparatus for an internal combustion engine

A fuel injection apparatus for an internal combustion engine, the apparatus comprising

• a high-pressure fuel pump (10) and a fuel injection valve (12) connected to the pump (10) for each cylinder of the engine,
• the high-pressure fuel pump (10) having a pump piston (18) driven in a stroke motion by the engine and defining a pump working chamber (22),
• the fuel injection valve (12) having a pressure chamber (40) connected to the pump working chamber (22) by means of a line (14), the pressure chamber (40) being disposed separate from the high-pressure fuel pump (10) in the engine and having an injection valve member (28), which is used to control at least one injection opening (32) and which can be moved by the pressure prevailing in the pressure chamber (40) in an opening direction (29), counter to a closing force, in order to unblock the at least one injection opening (32), and,
• an electrically actuated control valve (58) which at least indirectly controls a connection (54) of the pump working chamber (22) to a relief chamber (56), the control valve (58) being disposed in the fuel injection valve (12) and the fuel injection valve (12) being provided with a reservoir (56) that functions as a relief chamber, which can store pressurized fuel diverted by the control valve (58) when this valve is open.