Patent ID: 6959907

Claim:
A normally closed solenoid-operated valve having a cylindrical sleeve; a stationary element provided at one end of said sleeve; a movable element slidably inserted in said sleeve to face said stationary element and provided at an external surface thereof with a communication groove which axially extends between axial opposite ends thereof for permitting the flow of operating fluid; and an electromagnetic coil for exciting said stationary element and said movable element; said solenoid-operated valve comprising: a closed wall provided on at least one of a stationary element end surface of said stationary element facing said movable element and a movable element end surface of said movable element facing said stationary element for defining a damper chamber therein; and a fixed throttle for making said damper chamber to communicate with said communication groove when said stationary element end surface and said movable element end surface close said damper chamber as a result of said movable element excited by said electromagnetic coil being moved toward said stationary element.