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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2015
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Akira Nakano, Okazaki, JP;
Toshihiko Shima, Okazaki, JP;
Akio Nakamura, Okazaki, JP;
Yoshiyuki Takeuchi, Gamagori, JP;
Tomoya Noda, Okazaki, JP;
Mutsuo Henmi, Nukata-gun, JP;
JTEKT CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A valve apparatus includes a body with a supply passage for gas and a solenoid valve housed in the body. The solenoid valve includes a tubular sleeve internally having a flow passage leading to the supply passage, and a valve element and a valve seat that open and close the flow passage. The solenoid valve includes a driving portion that opens and closes the valve element. A seal member is disposed between an outer wall of the sleeve and an inner wall of the body. A tip of the sleeve on a downstream side of the valve element is exposed from the body.