20090108106 | FUEL INJECTOR WITH HYDRAULIC DAMPING - A fuel injector provided with: an injection valve comprising an injection nozzle; a movable plunger for adjusting the flow of fuel through the injection valve and ending in a shutting head which engages a valve seat of the injection valve; an actuator for displacing the plunger between a closing position and an opening position of the injection valve; an annular backing element which constitutes an upper stroke end of the plunger and defines the opening position; and a hydraulic damping device which is adapted to generate on the plunger a hydraulic force which opposes the movement of the plunger towards the opening position when the plunger itself is close to the backing element. | 04-30-2009 |