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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2010
Nadeem N. Bunni, Cranberry, PA (US);
Jayaraman K. Venkataraghavan, Dunlap, IL (US);
Stephen R. Lewis, Chillicothe, IL (US);
Nadeem N. Bunni, Cranberry, PA (US);
Jayaraman K. Venkataraghavan, Dunlap, IL (US);
Stephen R. Lewis, Chillicothe, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A solenoid actuated device such as a fuel injector includes an actuator body having a plurality of body pieces, and a single-pole solenoid actuator assembly positioned at least partially within the actuator body. The single-pole solenoid actuator assembly includes a one-piece compound armature housing having a load carrying component clamped between the first body piece and the second body piece, and a flux carrying component. The load carrying component includes a high structural strength and a low flux permeability, and the flux carrying component includes a low structural strength and a high flux permeability. A method of making a solenoid actuated device includes placing an armature at a sliding radial air gap with a flux carrying component of a one-piece compound armature housing, and establishing a structural load path by placing a load carrying component of the compound armature housing between a first actuator body piece and a second actuator body piece. A method of operating a single-pole solenoid actuator device includes supporting a flux carrying component of a one-piece compound armature housing with a load carrying component of the compound armature housing, channeling magnetic flux across a sliding air gap between a flux carrying component and the armature, and channeling a clamping load between a first actuator body piece and a second actuator body piece through the load carrying component of the compound armature housing.