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US 2012/0223261 A1Published application
Switching valve having a valve element movable in a housing
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsValentin Szermutzky, Heiko Roth
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Abstract
The invention provides a switching valve having a valve element which is movable in a housing, an actuating apparatus acting on the valve element in a first direction and a spring apparatus charging the valve element in a second direction. According to the invention, the first and second directions are in opposition and the spring apparatus has a progressive spring characteristic.
Claims21
1-8. (canceled)
A switching valve, comprising:
- a valve element movable in a housing;
- an actuating device urging the valve element in a first direction;
- and a spring device urging the valve element in a second direction, the first and second directions being opposite one another, wherein the spring device has a progressive spring characteristic.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.