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US 12,366,304 · App. 18/277,378 · Granted Jul 22, 2025

Solenoid valve

Inventors: Tadanobu Kawato (Tokyo, JP); Hiroyuki Iwanaga (Tokyo, JP); Masaki Hoshi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
F16K27/029F16K1/123F16K31/0655F16K27/12F16K41/14
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Patent No.
US 12,366,304
App. No.
18/277,378
Granted
Jul 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A solenoid valve includes: a valve body; a sleeve which the valve body is accommodated; a solenoid casing connected to the sleeve on a first end side in an axial direction of the solenoid valve, and is closed on a second end side opposed to the first end side in the axial direction; a solenoid molded body in the solenoid casing; a yoke including a tubular portion inside the solenoid molded body, a flange portion projecting radially outward from an end portion of the tubular portion on the second end side; a movable iron core, which moves in the axial direction inside the yoke. The valve body is moved with the iron core by energizing a coil of the solenoid molded body, and the flange portion has an annular outer peripheral surface that is continuous, and is disposed on the second end side of the solenoid molded body.

Claims (27)

1. A solenoid valve, comprising:

a valve body;

a sleeve in which the valve body is accommodated;

a solenoid casing which is connected to the sleeve on a first end side in an axial direction of the solenoid valve, and which is closed on a second end side opposed to the first end side in the axial direction;

a solenoid molded body formed by molding a coil with resin and accommodated in the solenoid casing, the solenoid molded body including a connector portion having terminals electrically connected to the coil;

a yoke including a tubular portion disposed inside the solenoid molded body, and a flange portion projecting radially outward from an end portion of the tubular portion on the second end side; and

a movable iron core disposed to be movable in the axial direction inside the yoke,

wherein the valve body is moved together with the movable iron core by energizing a coil of the solenoid molded body,

the flange portion has an annular outer peripheral surface that is continuous, and is disposed between the solenoid molded body and the second end side of the solenoid casing

the solenoid molded body includes an abutting portion which abuts an end surface of the flange portion on a coil side, and

the connector portion of the solenoid molded body is formed by extending part of the solenoid casing continuously from the abutting portion in an outward radial direction so as to protrude outside the solenoid casing.

2. The solenoid valve according to claim 1 ,

wherein an end portion of the solenoid casing on the second end side is closed by a lid member, and the lid member and the flange portion abut each other in an annular shape in the axial direction.

3. The solenoid valve according to claim 2 ,

wherein the lid member is made of a magnetic material.

4. The solenoid valve according to claim 1 ,

wherein an end portion of the solenoid casing on the second end side is closed by the flange portion.

5. The solenoid valve according to claim 4 ,

wherein the flange portion is crimp-fixed to the solenoid casing.

6. The solenoid valve according to claim 4 ,

wherein a space on the second end side of the movable iron core does not communicate with and is partitioned off from an external space of the solenoid casing,

a through-hole that allows communication between the space on the second end side of the movable iron core and a space on the first end side of the movable iron core is formed in the movable iron core, and

the lid member includes a protrusion that is abuttable with respect to a portion of the movable iron core different from the through-hole.

7. The solenoid valve according to claim 5 ,

wherein a space on the second end side of the movable iron core does not communicate with and is partitioned off from an external space of the solenoid casing,

a through-hole that allows communication between the space on the second end side of the movable iron core and a space on the first end side of the movable iron core is formed in the movable iron core, and

the lid member includes a protrusion that is abuttable with respect to a portion of the movable iron core different from the through-hole.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2024
From: KAWATO, TADANOBU; IWANAGA, HIROYUKI; HOSHI, MASAKI
To: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066276/0773 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-022850 · Feb 16, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240125405A1 · Apr 18, 2024
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