Patent ID: 6193009
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: B62D,B66F,F15B,Y10T

Abstract:
An electromagnetic valve used in a vehicle having an oil supplying device for supplying hydraulic oil, a hydraulic actuator driven by the hydraulic oil supplied from the oil supplying device, and two pipes connecting the oil supplying device and the hydraulic actuator, the two pipes being such that, when one of the pipes supplies hydraulic oil from the oil supplying device to the hydraulic actuator, the other returns hydraulic oil from the hydraulic actuator to the oil supplying device and vice versa, the electromagnetic valve comprising:a body;two passages located at intermediate portions of the two pipes, respectively;an oil path passing through the body for connecting the two passages to return the hydraulic oil from the one pipe to the other; anda valve mechanism provided within the body, the valve mechanism including a portion of the oil path and a valve body for opening and closing the oil path,wherein each of the two passages includes a bypass passage that does not pass through the valve mechanism.