Patent ID: 8127791

Claim:
Solenoid operated fluid control valve, comprising a solenoid coil, an armature movable in response to electrical current applied to the solenoid coil, a valve member for controlling fluid flow from a valve seat orifice to a fluid passage, an actuator pin disposed between the armature and the valve member for moving the valve member in response to armature movement, and a flow diverter disposed downstream of the valve seat orifice, said flow diverter having a flow diverting side against which fluid impinges and one or more flow channels that communicate the valve seat orifice and a downstream exhaust orifice, wherein said flow diverter supports an end region of the actuator pin adjacent the valve member and wherein an opposite end region of the actuator pin is supported proximate the armature by a bearing sleeve of an actuator pin support body that forms a damping chamber in which an inner end of the armature resides.