Patent ID: 9551432
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: F02M,F16K,Y10T

Claim:
1. A solenoid valve, comprising: a housing including an interior space with a central axis, a valve actuation device including an actuator arranged in the interior space and movable along the central axis, a closing element operatively connected to the actuator to open or close the solenoid valve upon displacement of the actuator along the central axis, a leakage space in the interior space defined by an actuator end face normal to the central axis together with a housing end face facing the actuator end face and the fillable with a fluid flowing between the housing and one or more sides of the actuator, and at least one vortex generator arranged in the leakage space on at least one of the housing end face or the actuator end face and not along lateral sides of the actuator, the vortex generator configured to generate a fluid vortex in the leakage space.