Patent ID: 6173745
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: F16K,Y10T

Abstract:
In a manifold solenoid valve that comprises a required number of solenoid valves and manifold blocks on which the solenoid valves are individually mounted and which are interconnected, supplies and exhausts compressed air to and from the respective solenoid valves through the manifold blocks, and transmits serial signals for operation control through the manifold blocks to control operations of the solenoid valves by the serial signals,a manifold solenoid valve driven by serial signals wherein;an electric circuit component provided with female and male connecting terminals for transmitting serial signals that are electrically connected with one another, a slave chip for extracting operation signals for the solenoid valves from the serial signals, a feeder terminal for supplying power to the solenoid valves based on the operation signals, and a switching device for switching the slave chip between a single solenoid valve mode and a double solenoid valve mode, which are mounted on a printed circuit board, is detachably installed in an electric circuit section of each manifold block; andthe female and male connecting terminals on the printed circuit board in each of adjoining manifold blocks are disposed at positions where they are connected with one another when common passages of the manifold blocks are communicated with one another as the manifold blocks are connected.