| CPC F02M 47/022 (2013.01) [F02M 61/14 (2013.01)] | 10 Claims |

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1. A fuel injector for an internal combustion engine, and configured to feed fuel to a cylinder of the internal combustion engine, comprising:
a housing, via which the fuel injector can be mounted to the internal combustion engine;
a valve stem;
a guide and seat body comprising a valve seat;
a valve body that engages with the valve stem and which interacts with the valve seat, and which for opening a fuel flow is moveable relative to the valve seat;
a bellows seal, which with a first end that engages with the valve stem and a second end that engages with the housing; and
a sleeve body which with a first end that engages with the guide and seat body and a second end that engages with the housing and which at least partially decouples the bellows seal from a fuel flow through the fuel injector and from fuel pressure pulsations,
wherein
the sleeve body divides a fuel space within the housing into a first sub-space and a second sub-space,
the fuel flow to the valve seat is entirely through the first sub-space, and
the bellows seal is arranged in the second sub-space.
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