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EP 1457662 B1 20060118 - Fuel injector

Title (en)

Fuel injector

Title (de)

Brennstoffeinspritzventil

Title (fr)

Injector de carburant

Publication

EP 1457662 B1 20060118 (DE)

Application

EP 04002029 A 20040130

Priority

DE 10310297 A 20030310

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1457662A1] A valve needle (14) operates a valve-closing body (15). A hydraulic coupler (40) has a piston (37) that partly engages into a retaining hole and forms a coupler gap (50,51) with the hole. The gap is filled with hydraulic fluid and surrounded by a first balancing area restricted by a first coupler membrane (41).

IPC 8 full level

F02M 51/06 (2006.01); F02M 61/16 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

F02M 51/0603 (2013.01); F02M 61/167 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1457662 A1 20040915; EP 1457662 B1 20060118; AT E316205 T1 20060215; DE 10310297 A1 20040923; DE 502004000246 D1 20060406

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 04002029 A 20040130; AT 04002029 T 20040130; DE 10310297 A 20030310; DE 502004000246 T 20040130