Valve with improved magnetic flux interface
AssigneeAsco, L.P.
InventorsAlexander R. Determan, Matthew Tyler Hoskins, James R. Ward
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Abstract
A valve can include a valve body, a plunger within the valve body, and a flux collar coupled to the valve body. A distance between the flux collar and the plunger can vary around an inner perimeter of the flux collar. A port section, a flux collar support section, and a coil support section of the valve body can be a unitary structure, such as an injection molded structure. The flux collar support section of the valve body can include an annular wall and/or a plurality of longitudinal ribs. The inner perimeter of the flux collar can be an annular inner wall and/or can have a plurality of longitudinal grooves spaced to receive the ribs.
Claims20
A valve comprising:
- a valve body having a port section, a flux collar support section, and a coil support section extending along a longitudinal axis;
- a plunger within the valve body and extending at least partially through the flux collar support section and the coil support section;
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- a flux collar mounted on the flux collar support section of the valve body;
- wherein the plunger extends at least partially through the flux collar;
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- wherein a distance between the flux collar and the plunger varies around an inner perimeter of the flux collar.
A valve body comprising:
- a port section, a flux collar support section, and a coil support section extending along a longitudinal axis;
- wherein the port section, the flux collar support section, and the coil support section of the valve body comprise a unitary injection molded structure;
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- wherein the flux collar support section of the valve body has a variable thickness that varies around the flux collar support section of the valve body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.