Patent ID: 6206045
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: F15B,F16K,Y10T

Abstract:
A manifold solenoid valve, comprising:a plurality of solenoid valves;a plurality of manifold blocks having fluid passage sections and electric circuit sections, the solenoid valves being individually mounted and interconnected on to corresponding manifold blocks;an air supply/exhaust block that supplies an exhausts compressed air through thean air supply/exhaust block connected with the manifold blocks and having a supply portion and an exhaust portion configured to supply and exhaust compressed air through the manifold blocks; anda relay unit configured to relay serial operation control signals to the manifold blocks, whereinthe fluid passage sections each include common passages for air supply and exhaust that penetrate through each of the manifold blocks and are positioned to be in communication with each other and with the respective supply portion and exhaust portion of the air supply/exhaust block, and channels for placing the common passages of each fluid passage section in communication with supply/exhaust openings of the corresponding one of the solenoid valves individually mounted thereon and interconnected therewith, andthe electric circuit sections each having a printed circuit board including mounted electric circuit components comprising,electrically interconnected connecting terminals positioned on opposite sides of each of the manifold blocks and configured to be interconnected with one of the connecting terminals of an adjacent one of the interconnected manifold blocks,slave chips configured to extract serial operation control signals for the corresponding one of the solenoid valves from the serial operation control signals relayed from the relay unit, andfeeder terminals configured to feed power to power receiving terminals provided on the corresponding one of the solenoid valves individually mounted on and interconnected with the manifold blocks according to the serial operation control signals extracted by the slave chips, the feeder terminals being jutted out to openings in top surfaces of the manifold blocks and there connected with the power receiving terminals.