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US 2009/0212136 A1Published application
Solenoid valve and fuel injector having the same
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorChihiro WAKABAYASHI
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Abstract
An armature and a valve member reciprocally slide in a slide hole of a valve body. The valve member seats on or lifts off from a valve seat to close or open a valve hole. One of the armature and the valve member includes an engaging concave surface. A connector is formed separately from the armature and the valve member, or is formed integrally with the other one of the armature and the valve member. The connector includes an engaging convex surface that is in contact with the engaging concave surface of the one of the armature and the valve member.
Claims7
A solenoid valve comprising:
- a valve body that has a slide hole that axially extends through the valve body;
- an armature that is installed in the slide hole and is reciprocally slidable along an inner circumferential surface of the slide hole;
- a valve seat that has a valve hole therein;
- a valve member that is installed in the slide hole and is reciprocally slidable along the inner circumferential surface of the slide hole to seat on or lift off from the valve seat to close or open the valve hole, wherein one of the armature and the valve member includes an engaging concave surface;
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- a connector that is formed separately from the armature and the valve member or is formed integrally with the other one of the armature and the valve member, wherein the connector includes an engaging convex surface that is in contact with the engaging concave surface of the one of the armature and the valve member.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.