Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel injection device for a reciprocating internal combustion engine, comprising a nozzle part (5) with an injection nozzle (13), said nozzle part having a pressure chamber (10) in which a nozzle needle (9) that closes the injection nozzle (13) is guided. Said nozzle needle can be moved into the opening position when subjected to pressure by the fuel to be injected. The pressure chamber (10) is connected to a control part (7) by a connecting channel (6), this control part having a valve chamber (21) into which the connecting channel (6) and a high pressure channel (8) that is connected to a fuel supply (4) open, and in which a valve body (23) is guided. Said valve body (23) acts as a piston system and is held in the closing position by a valve spring and a valve seat (22).

Abstract: A fluid controlled switching unit includes a valve block; a guide bore provided in the valve block; first and second work chambers provided in the valve block and spaced from one another; first and second cylinder bores provided in the valve body; and a plunger rod guided in the guide bore for reciprocating motion therein along a displacement path. The plunger rod has first and second piston faces situated in the first and second work chambers, respectively, and exposed to fluid pressure prevailing therein. The first and second piston faces move in the first and second cylinder bores, respectively. A valve body is attached to the plunger rod for forming a unitary structure therewith. The valve body has opposite pressure faces as well as first and second opposite end positions determining opposite ends of the displacement path. The valve body, when situated in one of the end positions, is exposed solely unilaterally to fluid pressure at one of the pressure faces thereof.