Patent · US Expired

Solenoid shock absorbing bumper arrangement and method

US4862127A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 23, 1988
Grant dateAug 29, 1989
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Expiry dateNov 23, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01F7/088
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A solenoid bumper mechanism wherein a resilient means absorbs a proportion of the kinetic energy of a shaft moving within the solenoid, and a nonresilient means which causes the shaft to terminate its movement at a fixed point. The mechanism provides shaft movement of repeatable precise distances and also does not interfere with the magnetic field created by the solenoid body.

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