Electromagnetic valve

An electromagnetic valve comprising:

• a valve seat having an annular shape and defining a valve hole that opens radially inward of the valve seat;
• a valving element provided to be movable between a valve-closing position where the valving element is engaged with the valve seat to close the valve hole and a valve-opening position where the valving element is disengaged from the valve seat to open the valve hole;
• and
• a solenoid part configured to drive the valving element by utilizing magnetic force of an electromagnet, wherein:
• the solenoid part includes:
• a coil which becomes the electromagnet upon energization thereof;
• a core guide part which has a cylindrical shape and is arranged radially inward of the coil to form a magnetic circuit:
• a fixed core which is arranged on one end side of the core guide part in an axial direction of the core guide part and is magnetized by the electromagnet;
• and
• a movable core which is accommodated inside the core guide part to be opposed to the fixed core in the axial direction and which is reciprocated inside the core guide part in accordance with whether the electromagnet is turned on or off;
• the valving element moves integrally with the movable core to open or close the valve hole;
• the core guide part includes a magnetic unbalance part where the magnetic force applied between the core guide part and the movable core is different between one side and the other side of the core guide part, which are opposed to each other in a radial direction of the core guide part;
• the core guide part includes a magnetic saturation part along an entire outer circumference thereof;
• the magnetic saturation part includes a recessed part on an outer peripheral surface thereof, to reduce a thickness of the core guide part, thereby decreasing a magnetic-path cross-sectional area of the magnetic saturation part;
• at the magnetic unbalance part, the magnetic-path cross-sectional area of the magnetic saturation part is different between the one side and the other side of the core guide part;
• an outer diameter center of the magnetic saturation part coincides with an outer diameter center of the core guide part;
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• a diameter center of an inner peripheral surface of the core guide part, which accommodates the movable core, is located eccentrically with respect to the outer diameter center of the core guide part.