Fuel injection valve

A fuel injection valve comprising:

• a housing that has an injection hole that is defined on one end in a central axis and injects a fuel, and a valve seat that is formed around an opening of the injection hole;
• a fixed core that is fixed to an inside of the housing;
• a needle member that is disposed to be reciprocatingly movable in the housing, closes a valve when one end portion of the needle member abuts against the valve seat, and opens the valve when the one end portion of the needle member is lifted from the valve seat;
• a flange portion that is disposed radially outside of the other end portion of the needle member to be reciprocatingly movable integrally with the needle member;
• a movable core that is disposed to be movable relative to the needle member on the valve seat side of the flange portion;
• a regulating unit that is disposed radially outside of the needle member on the valve seat side of the movable core to be reciprocatingly movable integrally with the needle member, and abuts against the movable core to regulate the movement of the movable core in the valve-closing direction;
• a coil that develops a magnetic field to cause the movable core to be attracted to the fixed core when receiving an electric power;
• a first urging member that urges the needle member in the valve-closing direction;
• and
• a second urging member one end portion of which abuts against the regulating unit to urge the needle member in the valve-opening direction through the regulating unit, wherein
• when the regulating unit abuts against the movable core, a gap is defined between the flange portion and the movable core.