Patent · US Expired

Low leakage solenoid valve

US4666125A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 14, 1986
Grant dateMay 19, 1987
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Expiry dateFeb 14, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16K31/0655
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A normally closed high pressure solenoid valve structure including a plunger pin spring-urged against a composite valve seat having a steel reinforcing ring positioned against the seat and backed up by a fixed spacer. The seat has a projecting neck with orifice. The steel reinforcing ring surrounds and contains any radial movement of the seat which is of elastic material softer than the plunger pin which provides a very low leakage level across the valve from either direction. A lost-motion connection between the plunger pin and the solenoid armature provides that the spring load on the plunger pin is retained even with cold flow of the seating material during cycling.

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