Patent ID: 7543795
Filing Date: 2009-06-09
Classification: F16K

Abstract:
1. A solenoid valve, comprising: a valve housing including at least one feed channel and at least one discharge channel; an electromagnetically switched valve member that establishes a connection between the at least one feed channel and the at least one discharge channel in a first switch position and blocks the connection in a second switch position; a magnet coil including a guide bushing that is inserted into an expanded part of an opening of the magnet coil that is delimited by an annular shoulder; an armature to which is rigidly connected the valve member and capable of movement by displacing fluid in the guide bushing; and a damping disk surrounding the armature and situated between the annular shoulder and an adjacent face end of the guide bushing, the damping disk configured to dampen the movement of the armature by restriction of a flow of fluid through an annular gap between an inner circumference of the damping disk and an outer circumference of the armature.