Patent ID: 8028971

Claim:
An electromagnetic safety valve for a domestic gas appliance comprising: a reel comprising a bobbin having an interior passage and an electrical wire reeled onto an exterior surface of the bobbin, a moveable core moveable within the interior passage of the bobbin and having a first contact surface, a sealing member at a first end of the valve which is configured to open or close a passage of gas, the sealing member coupled to the moveable core and being urged in a closed position by a spring, a mass wire electrically coupled to the reel, a phase wire electrically coupled to the reel, a male terminal positioned at a second end of the valve opposite the first end and having a passage for receiving the phase wire, a metallic support comprising a first segment and a second segment, the mass wire being electrically coupled to the support, the first segment acts as a fixed core and comprises an external surface and a second contact surface, at least a portion of the external surface is positioned within the internal passage of the bobbin, the second contact surface configured to make contact with the first contact surface of the moveable core when the valve is energized to hold the sealing member in an open position, the second segment being coaxial or substantially coaxial with the first segment, the second segment having at or near one end a base that supports the reel and at a second end an opening for receiving the male terminal, the base having a first opening for passage of the mass wire and a second opening for passage of the phase wire, and a metal casing enclosing the reel and attached to the support.