Hold-down metal plate for securing a fuel injection valve

Abstract

A holding down plate for fastening a fuel injector in a location orifice of a cylinder head of a mixture-compressing internal combustion engine includes on one end a fastening bore (2), which is penetrated by a fastening element which fastens the holding down plate (1) to the cylinder head, and the opposite end of the holding down plate (1) has a location orifice (3) for receiving a fuel injector, the location orifice (3) being divided by an insertion recess (4) and delimited by a first and a second fork end (6, 7), which exert a force on the fuel injector thereby pressing the fuel injector against a pressure shoulder located in the location orifice of the cylinder head. The first and the second fork end (6, 7) are bent in a shape that is undulated in cross-section and is oriented toward the fuel injector, a radius (R2) of the undulated bending each forming a support area (13, 14).

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