Abstract: A fuel injector provided with an injection jet, an injection valve, which valve comprises a mobile plunger to control the flow of fuel through the injection jet, and an actuator, which is capable of displacing the plunger between a closed position and an open position of the injection valve; the plunger comprises an elongate rod mechanically connected to the actuator and a sealing head capable of engaging in sealing manner with a valve seat of the injection valve; the rod of the plunger is of high flexibility and exhibits a flexibility parameter of between 1 and 2 N/mm2.

Abstract: A method for controlling a fuel injector provided with an electrically operated electomagnetic actuator in such a manner as to open the injector for a determined injection time; the method providing that the injector be operated with a first current waveform if the injection time is greater than a predetermined threshold value, and that the injector be operated with a second current waveform if the injection time is less than the predetermined threshold value; both the current waveforms have an identical initial portion, during which the current passing through the injector is caused to rise until it reaches a peak value, which is maintained by cyclic switching of the voltage applied to the injector between two different values.

Abstract: Fuel injector provided with a piezoelectric actuator, a valve activated by the piezoelectric actuator and regulating a fuel supply that flows in a working direction, and a mechanical transmission placed between the piezoelectric actuator and the valve; an expansion of the piezoelectric actuator displaces the valve in the working direction from a closed position to an open position in an opposite direction to that of the fuel outlet.

Abstract: Fuel injector having a valve body, which is provided with a valve operated by an electromagnetic actuator and capable of controlling the flow of fuel, and with a cylindrical, tubular container closed by a sealing element; the sealing element is arranged so as to close a lower end of the tubular container, is provided with a multihole atomiser and a valve seat, and is composed solely of a cylindrically symmetrical main body, which comprises the valve seat and ensures fluid-tight closure of the lower end of the tubular container, and of a perforated disc, which is welded coaxially to the main body and defines the multihole atomiser in conjunction with an underlying truncated conical surface defined in the main body.

Abstract: A fuel injector having a piezoelectric actuator, which activates a shutter to move the shutter in a work direction between a closed position and an open position; the piezoelectric actuator is housed inside a casing having an inner chamber insulated from the fuel, and an outer surface wet by the fuel.

Abstract: A method for controlling a fuel injector provided with an electrically operated electomagnetic actuator in such a manner as to open the injector for a determined injection time; the method providing that the injector be operated with a first current waveform if the injection time is greater than a predetermined threshold value, and that the injector be operated with a second current waveform if the injection time is less than the predetermined threshold value; both the current waveforms have an identical initial portion, during which the current passing through the injector is caused to rise until it reaches a peak value, which is maintained by cyclic switching of the voltage applied to the injector between two different values.

Abstract: fuel injector having a valve body, which is provided with a valve operated by an electromagnetic actuator and capable of controlling the flow of fuel, and with a cylindrical, tubular container closed by a sealing element; the sealing element is arranged so as to close a lower end of the tubular container, is provided with a multihole atomiser and a valve seat, and is composed solely of a cylindrically symmetrical main body, which comprises the valve seat and ensures fluid-tight closure of the lower end of the tubular container, and of a perforated disc, which is welded coaxially to the main body and defines the multihole atomiser in conjunction with an underlying truncated conical surface defined in the main body.

Abstract: Fuel injector provided with a piezoelectric actuator, a valve activated by the piezoelectric actuator and regulating a fuel supply that flows in a working direction, and a mechanical transmission placed between the piezoelectric actuator and the valve; an expansion of the piezoelectric actuator displaces the valve in the working direction from a closed position to an open position in an opposite direction to that of the fuel outlet.

Abstract: A fuel injector having a piezoelectric actuator, which activates a shutter to move the shutter in a work direction between a closed position and an open position; the piezoelectric actuator is housed inside a casing having an inner chamber insulated from the fuel, and an outer surface wet by the fuel.