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US 6,856,221 B1Granted
Reversible solenoid
OwnerRaymond E. Zehrunginventor
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Abstract
A reversible solenoid that can be easily changed over between active push and active pull. The solenoid includes a coil and an armature that may be assembled for an active push or an active pull of a latch member. The coil has a front end and a rear end. The front coil end always faces toward the latch member and the rear end always faces away from the latch member. The armature includes a magnetic slug. The slug is disposed at the rear coil end for the active push mode or disposed at the front coil end for the active pull mode.
Claims14
A reversible solenoid for an active push or an active pull of an object, comprising:
- a case having a rear case end and a front case end, said front case end closer to said object and said rear case end farther from said object;
- a coil within the case, the coil having a rear coil end and a front coil end, said front coil end proximate to said front case end and said rear coil end proximate to said rear case end;
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- an armature slug repositioned to be disposed proximate to said rear coil end for said active push and proximate to said front coil end for said active pull, wherein energizing the coil draws the slug toward said front coil end for pushing an object away from the coil for said active push and draws the slug toward said rear coil end for pulling said object toward the coil for said active pull, whereby repositioning the slug reverses the solenoid between said active push and said active pull without end-for-end reversing the coil or the case with respect to said object.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.