DIRECT ACTING SOLENOID ACTUATOR

• Main Authors: NAJMOLHODA, Hamid, PETERSON, Matthew, P
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 02.05.2018
• Subjects: ACTUATING-FLOATS; BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; BEARINGS; BLASTING; COCKS; CONTROLLING; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING; ELECTRICITY; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVO-MOTORS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; HEATING; HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL; INDUCTANCES; LIGHTING; MAGNETS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PHYSICS; REGULATING; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; SHAFTS; SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES; TAPS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; TRANSFORMERS; VALVES; WEAPONS

A direct acting solenoid actuator includes an armature and associated push pin that are suspended from certain fixed solenoid components, such as a pole piece and/or flux sleeve, by a fully floating cage of rolling elements. The fixed solenoid component may comprise a pole piece and/or a flux sleeve...