Patent ID: 6997432

Claim:
A solenoid valve for controlling a fuel injector of an internal combustion engine, comprising: an electromagnet; an armature including an armature pin that is movably supported with respect to the electromagnet; a control-valve member moving with the armature and cooperating with a valve seat, to open and close a fuel passage; and an armature plate supported on the armature pin in a manner that allows sliding movement, the armature plate capable of being moved along the armature pin when the control-valve member strikes the valve seat during a closing of the solenoid valve, under the influence of its own inert mass, from a stop secured to the armature pin right up to a stationary overtravel stop about an overtravel path, the armature plate being supported on the armature pin between the overtravel stop and the stop secured to the armature pin, in a manner that is free of returning elastic spring forces and that allows sliding movement.