The fuel
injector (10.1) includes a housing with a
nozzle body having a control fluid inlet, a fuel inlet, and an injection seat; a high-
pressure control chamber (32) located within the housing and connected to the control fluid inlet; a fuel chamber (22) located within the housing and extending from the fuel inlet to the injection seat; a
nozzle body (10.1) connected to the control fluid inlet; and a fuel chamber (22) located within the housing and extending from the fuel inlet to the injection seat; a control
piston (51) located within the housing and adjustable along a longitudinal axis (L), on which a control pressure spring having a closing force toward the injection seat acts; a
hydraulic control device for adjusting the control
piston along the longitudinal axis; and a
nozzle needle located at the end of the control
piston facing the injection seat and configured to cooperate with the injection seat to inject fuel into the
combustion chamber of an
internal combustion engine, the nozzle needle being movable by adjusting the control piston along the longitudinal axis.