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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2017
Kongsberg Automotive, Inc., Novi, MI (US);
Douglas J. Wheeler, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Kongsberg Automotive, Inc., Novi, MI (US);
Abstract
A fluid routing device () directs the transportation of a fluid. The fluid routing device includes a housing () having an opening () with a seat (), and a valve () opening and closing the opening. The valve includes a first permanent magnet () having a first magnetic coercivity and a first polarity and a second permanent magnet () having a second magnetic coercivity lower than the first magnetic coercivity of the first permanent magnet such that the second permanent magnet has a second polarity capable of switching between a complimentary configuration oriented in a common direction as the first polarity, and a reversed configuration oriented in an opposite direction from the first polarity. A coil () surrounds at least the second permanent magnet. The coil is configured to orient the second polarity in the complimentary configuration when electric current passes in a first direction and in the reversed configuration when electric current passes in a second direction.