Patent ID: 8424840

Claim:
A valve cartridge for a solenoid valve, the valve cartridge comprising: a capsule, a magnet armature guided movably inside the capsule, a valve insert which is inserted by a first end into the capsule, and a valve body which is press-fitted into a second end of the valve insert, wherein the valve body has a main valve seat, and the magnet armature, moved by a generated magnetic force, moves a tappet, guided inside the valve insert, that has a closing element with a sealing element, and the sealing element, for performing a sealing function, plunges sealingly into the main valve seat of the valve body, and wherein the valve insert is embodied as a slit sleeve, and a collar is integrally formed onto the second end of the valve insert in order to increase an outside diameter and strength of the valve insert depending on shape or design of the valve insert.