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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Calogero Fiaccabrino, Cergy, FR;
Assignee:
Johnson Controls Automotive Electronics, Osny, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01F 7/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01F 7/08 ;
Abstract
The apparatus for controlling valves that move linearly along respective axes comprises a number of actuators that is equal to the number of valves. Each actuator has an armature ( ) of ferromagnetic material fixed to a valve push rod ( ) and movable in a housing ( ) of the actuator by a coil mounted on a ferromagnetic circuit. The ferromagnetic circuits of the two actuators allocated to two valves of the same type for a single cylinder are contained in the same housing.