Patent ID: 6705346
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: F16K,F25B,Y10T

Abstract:
A solenoid valve, comprising:a housing of a non-magnetic material, said housing having two compartments and a wall with a receptacle; a valve body having an inlet and two outlets; a valve element moveably disposed in said valve body between two end positions corresponding respectively to different switching positions of said valve element, said two end positions of said valve element defining a middle position therebetween, said receptacle facing said middle position; at least one permanent magnet disposed in said receptacle for holding said valve element in a respectively assumed one of said two end positions; and a magnet coil for exerting on said valve element a magnetic force effecting a shift into a respective one of said two end positions, said magnet coil and said valve body accommodated in said two compartments.