(19)
(11) EP 1 079 096 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
09.04.2003 Bulletin 2003/15

(43) Date of publication A2:
28.02.2001 Bulletin 2001/09

(21) Application number: 00307119.8

(22) Date of filing: 21.08.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: F02M 47/02, F02M 63/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 21.08.1999 GB 9919785

(71) Applicant: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
Troy, MI 48007 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • Askew, James Martin Anderton
    Stroud, Gloucester GL6 6XW (GB)

(74) Representative: Hopley, Joanne Selina 
Marks & Clerk, Alpha Tower, Suffolk Street, Queensway
Birmingham B1 1TT
Birmingham B1 1TT (GB)

   


(54) Fuel injector arrangement


(57) A fuel injector arrangement comprising a nozzle body provided with a first bore (11) within which a valve needle (12) is slidable, the needle being engageable with a first seating (11a) to control the flow of fuel from a delivery chamber (13) to an outlet opening. A control valve arrangement (26) is provided for controlling the supply of fuel to the delivery chamber (13). The control valve arrangement (26) includes a valve member (28) which is engageable with a second seating (46), the second seating (46) being moveable with the valve needle (12) to control the supply of fuel to the delivery chamber (13).






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