Patent ID: 6938875

Claim:
A proportional solenoid valve comprising: a seat portion; a valve element that is brought into and out of contact with the seat portion; and a valve drive portion that (i) includes a coil, a core that is excited by application of a current to the coil, a plunger that is displaced by a magnetic attraction force generated by the excited core, a rod that is abutted against the valve element and is displaced integrally with the plunger, a bearing that holds the rod in a slidable manner, and a spring that is provided between the bearing and the plunger and biases the plunger in a direction in which a distance to the core is increased, and (ii) displaces the valve element in accordance with the current applied to the coil, wherein the bearing is provided with an extension portion that extends along an axial direction of the rod and regulates the displacement of the plunger toward a core side, so that when the plunger is abutted against an end surface of the extension portion, a space is maintained between the plunger and an attraction surface of the core.