ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,441, issued on March 4, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Fuel injector for injecting fuel" was invented by Gerhard Girlinger (Leonding, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a fuel injector for injecting fuel under high pressure, comprising a housing (1) equipped with a nozzle needle (10) which can be moved in a longitudinal direction and a seal surface (11) of which opens and closes one or more injection openings (13), fuel being injectable via said injection openings. A control chamber (20) which can be filled with fuel exerts a hydraulic pressure onto the nozzle needle (10) in the ...