Patent attributes
A fuel injector having an injection valve connected to a high-pressure source and a control valve including a control piston guided in a valve body and comprising a pressure piston section having a first pressure surface guided in a bush and a control piston section with a sliding seal that has a control edge; the bush is contained in a pressure chamber of the valve body. In a first valve position, a sealing seat of the control piston disconnects a valve chamber from a low-pressure/return system and in a second valve position, the control edge of the control piston disconnects the pressure chamber from the valve chamber; in the second valve position, a connection is simultaneously produced between the valve chamber and the low-pressure/return system, thus initiating an actuation of the fuel injection valve. The control piston section with the control edge is guided in a control cylinder that is contained in the pressure chamber of the valve body and is separate from the bush.