Patent ID: 8342479

Claim:
A solenoid controlled valve comprising: a receptacle including a chamber formed therein, and including a first end and a second end, a housing engaged into said chamber of said receptacle and including a tubular member having a bore formed in said tubular member, and including an outer peripheral space formed in an outer peripheral portion of said tubular member and defined between spaced first and second panels, and including a peripheral compartment formed in said outer peripheral portion of said tubular member and defined between a plate and said first panel, said tubular member including an outer end portion extended out of said second end of said receptacle, a solenoid controlled device including a coil engaged in said outer peripheral space of said housing, and including two prongs attached to said housing and extended out of said housing and electrically connected to said coil, two magnetic conductive members engaged in said peripheral compartment of said housing, said housing including an inlet mouth extended from said outer end portion of said tubular member and communicative with said bore of said tubular member for receiving a fluid, and including an outlet mouth extended from said outer end portion of said tubular member and having an orifice formed in said outlet mouth and communicative with said bore of said tubular member for allowing the fluid to selectively flow out through said orifice of said outlet mouth, said housing including a valve seat formed within and defined between said outer end portion of said tubular member and said outlet mouth, and including at least one reinforcing rib provided between said tubular member and said plate for reinforcing said tubular member, and said solenoid controlled device including a stator attached to said housing, a plunger slidably engaged in said bore of said tubular member and having an end portion for selectively engaging with said valve seat of said housing and for selectively blocking; and opening and controlling said valve seat of said housing, a spring biasing member engaged in said bore of said tubular member and engaged with said plunger for biasing said end portion of said plunger to selectively engage with said valve seat of said housing.