A shock absorber/damper device, comprising:
- a piston-cylinder assembly of which the piston separates the cylinder in a first and second chamber;
- main and/or bypass channels for damping medium to flow through from the first towards the second chamber and vice versa during compression and rebound strokes;
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- a solenoid valve assembly that comprises:
- a valve element movable in a first axial direction and configured to proportionally open or close one or more of the channels;
- and
- a solenoid operator that comprises:
- a coil for generating a magnetic field;
- and
- a substantially closed magnetic circuit for guiding the magnetic field generated by the coil, the magnetic circuit comprising stationary and movable pole parts that have first and second pole faces lying opposite each other with an air gap there between in the first axial direction,
- wherein the movable pole part is associated with the valve element and is moveable relative to the stationary pole part against the action of a spring in the first axial direction in dependence of electric current being fed to the solenoid operator, such that one or more of the channels get proportionally opened or closed, wherein,
- one of the stationary and movable pole parts comprises a flux-bypass nose that projects forwardly away from its first pole face and that on one side is delimited by a first sidewall that extends parallel to the first axial direction,
- the other one of the stationary and movable pole parts comprises a second sidewall that extends parallel to the first axial direction and that projects backwardly away from its second pole face,
- wherein the flux-bypass nose fits into the other one of the stationary and movable pole parts in the first axial direction with a sliding fit of their parallel sidewalls along each other, such that in dependence of the electric current being fed to the solenoid operator, the air gap between the opposing pole faces closes while magnetic forces between those two pole faces decrease due to said parallel sidewalls sliding along each other and forming an increasing sideways directed bypass surface area for magnetic flux,
- wherein the flux-bypass nose is annular shaped, and the parallel first and second side walls are cylindrical shaped,
- wherein said first sidewall faces radially outwardly and, at its axial inward end, is circumvented by said first pole face, and
- wherein said second side wall faces radially inwardly, and, at its axial outward end, is circumvented by said second pole face.