Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a fuel injector (10) and to a fuel injector (10) which is configured to carry out the method. The method comprises the steps of introducing a fuel under high pressure into a feed passage (78) and branching off a substream of the fuel under high pressure into a control space (74) in which an axial end face (70) of the nozzle needle (50) is loaded with the pressure such that the nozzle needle (50) is hydraulically loaded in the closing direction, and of opening a control valve (90) such that an outflow path arranged downstream of the control valve (90) in an outflow direction is freed and fuel flows out of the control space (74) in order to relieve the nozzle needle (50), wherein the fuel flowing out via the outflow path is divided into at least two substreams.

Abstract: A filter, including a plurality of annularly closed disks having a through-opening. The disks include at least one contact area projecting from a lateral surface for a contact with an adjoining disk, and radial flow-through areas adjoining the contact area, and the disks being situated as a disk stack.

Abstract: The invention relates to a component to be loaded with internal pressure, which in its interior has various bores that intersect one another. In particular, such components are used in the field of so-called common rails. Since in fuel injection systems these components are not only under very high internal pressure but the internal pressure is moreover subject to periodically severe fluctuations, correspondingly stringent demands in terms of strength must be made. By geometrically optimizing the intersection region of the bore of the high-pressure fuel reservoir and the bore for the connection, the result in cross section is an elliptical design. By embodying the bore intersection as an ellipse, the stresses in these local regions can be reduced, and as a consequence the permissible internal pressure can intrinsically be increased.

Abstract: A high-pressure fuel accumulator for a common-rail fuel injection system for internal combustion engines is provided, which includes a base body made of a base material having at least one connecting piece. In this context, the base body includes a longitudinal bore forming an interior chamber, and the at least one connecting piece includes at least one transverse bore opening out into the longitudinal bore. The interior chamber of base body includes a high-strength filler material in the region of the at least one transverse bore.

Abstract: A high-pressure fuel reservoir is proposed in which the hydraulic connection between the connection fitting and the reservoir chamber is produced by a number of connecting bores. This reduces the stress peaks in the vicinity of the intersections of the connecting bore and reservoir chamber so that the compression capacity of the high-pressure fuel reservoir increases.