ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,234,795, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Fuel injector" was invented by Michael Leukart (Dusslingen, Germany), Fabian Wolf (Renningen, Germany), Ferdinand Nicolai (Stuttgart, Germany) and Ulrich Lessing (Weiler Im Allgaeu, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a fuel injector (10), comprising a nozzle body (12) in which a blind hole (19) is formed, wherein at least one injection opening (14) leads off same, comprising a nozzle needle (25; 25a to 25c) that is reciprocatingly movable along a longitudinal axis (18), wherein the nozzle needle (25; 25a-25c) has a valve seat...