Patent ID: 8500086

Claim:
A solenoid valve, having a magnet assembly and a valve cartridge, which cartridge includes a capsule, a valve insert connected to said capsule, an armature that is disposed movably inside said capsule and that includes a tappet with a first closing element and a main sealing element, and a valve body with a main valve seat, which valve body is press-fitted into said valve insert, a restoring spring disposed between said armature and said valve body, wherein a magnetic force generated by said magnet assembly moves said armature axially counter to the force of said restoring spring, and said main sealing element plunges sealingly into said main valve seat, said valve body being embodied as a sleeve having an open first end press-fitted into said valve insert and an opposite end configured with a through axial opening surrounded by said main valve seat, said open first end abutting said restoring spring thereby acting as a spring support for said restoring spring, said valve body having at least one radial outflow opening, said main valve seat is disposed around said through axial opening on the inside of said valve body; wherein said spring support is disposed outside of a fluid flow path, wherein the fluid flow path is located between said axial opening and said at least one radial opening.