ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,938, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Scania CV AB (Sodertalje, Sweden).

"Fuel injector internal combustion engine and vehicle" was invented by Andreas Malmberg (Bandhagen, Sweden) and Per Falk (Hagersten, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel injector (1) is disclosed comprising a needle (15) a fuel supply port (17) fluidly connected to a fuel cavity (13) and a control valve arrangement (3) comprising a control valve (4) fluidly connected to the fuel cavity (13). The control valve arrangement (3) comprises an armature assembly (6) connected to the control valve (4) via a valve control portion (6') of the armature assembly (...