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US 12,264,753 · App. 18/034,662 · Granted Apr 1, 2025

Solenoid valve

Inventors: Hiroyuki Iwanaga (Tokyo, JP); Tadanobu Kawato (Tokyo, JP); Masaki Hoshi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
F16K31/0675H01F7/081H01F2007/083
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Patent No.
US 12,264,753
App. No.
18/034,662
Granted
Apr 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A solenoid valve includes: a movable iron core; a solenoid molded body disposed outside the movable iron core in a radial direction and including a coil; a solenoid casing accommodating the movable iron core and the solenoid molded body; a fixed iron core disposed inside the solenoid molded body in the radial direction to generate a magnetic force between the fixed iron core and the movable iron core when the coil is energized; and a valve unit that opens and closes a flow passage in accordance with a movement of the movable iron core. A magnetic material separate from the solenoid casing is disposed at an axial end portion of the coil outside the solenoid casing.

Claims (38)

1. A solenoid valve, comprising:

a movable iron core that is movable in an axial direction;

a solenoid molded body disposed outside the movable iron core in a radial direction and including a coil;

a solenoid casing configured to accommodate the movable iron core and the solenoid molded body;

a fixed iron core disposed inside the solenoid molded body in the radial direction configured to generate a magnetic force between the fixed iron core and the movable iron core when the coil is energized; and

a valve unit configured to open and close a flow passage in accordance with a movement of the movable iron core,

wherein a magnetic material separate from the solenoid casing is disposed at an axial end portion of the coil outside the solenoid casing, and

wherein an annular step portion recessed in a radially inward direction is formed in an outer portion of the solenoid casing at the axial end portion of the coil, and the magnetic material is disposed within the annular step portion.

2. The solenoid valve according to claim 1 ,

wherein the magnetic material is disposed at a position where the magnetic material always overlaps with the movable iron core in a radially directional view.

3. The solenoid valve according to claim 1 ,

wherein the magnetic material forms a magnetic body having a ring shape.

4. The solenoid valve according to claim 1 ,

wherein the magnetic material forms a plurality of magnetic bodies each having a ring shape.

5. The solenoid valve according to claim 3 ,

wherein the magnetic body is externally fitted to a side plate forming the annular step portion of the solenoid casing.

6. The solenoid valve according to claim 3 ,

wherein the magnetic body abuts an end plate forming the annular step portion of the solenoid casing.

7. The solenoid valve according to claim 2 ,

wherein the magnetic material forms a magnetic body having a ring shape.

8. The solenoid valve according to claim 2 ,

wherein the magnetic material forms a plurality of magnetic bodies each having a ring shape.

9. The solenoid valve according to claim 4 ,

wherein the magnetic body is externally fitted to a side plate forming the annular step portion of the solenoid casing.

10. The solenoid valve according to claim 4 ,

wherein the magnetic body abuts an end plate forming the annular step portion of the solenoid casing.

11. The solenoid valve according to claim 7 ,

wherein the magnetic body is externally fitted to a side plate forming the annular step portion of the solenoid casing.

12. The solenoid valve according to claim 5 ,

wherein the magnetic body abuts an end plate forming the annular step portion of the solenoid casing.

13. The solenoid valve according to claim 8 ,

wherein the magnetic body is externally fitted to a side plate forming the annular step portion of the solenoid casing.

14. The solenoid valve according to claim 7 ,

wherein the magnetic body abuts an end plate forming the annular step portion of the solenoid casing.

15. The solenoid valve according to claim 8 ,

wherein the magnetic body abuts an end plate forming the annular step portion of the solenoid casing.

16. The solenoid valve according to claim 9 ,

wherein the magnetic body abuts an end plate forming the annular step portion of the solenoid casing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: IWANAGA, HIROYUKI; KAWATO, TADANOBU; HOSHI, MASAKI
To: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063854/0314 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-185376 · Nov 5, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230400117A1 · Dec 14, 2023
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