Patent ID: 8066474

Claim:
A variable guide vane actuator having a valve, the valve comprising: a housing having an inlet for receiving working media; a valve member mounted in the housing in communication with the inlet, the valve member having a sealing face and a pair of spaced apart orifices passing through the sealing face; a clevis cradle movable within the housing along a valve axis; a clevis mounted to the clevis cradle for movement along the valve axis, the clevis having a sealing face engaging the sealing face of the valve member, the clevis sealing face being adapted to engage the valve member sealing face and close off both orifices simultaneously when in a null position and when not in the null position open one of the orifices to be in communication with the inlet; and at least one electromagnet arranged in the housing to translate the clevis cradle along the valve axis and move the clevis into and out of the null position.