Patent ID: 7489216

Claim:
A housing cover for a solenoid housing operable for accommodating solenoids for switching hydraulic directional valves, the housing cover comprising: a housing cover box, the housing cover box including a plurality of side walls, a top side connected to the plurality of side walls, and an open bottom side, an interior of the housing cover box being operable for containing a printed circuit board; a first control push rod actuating guide and a second control push rod actuating guide each located on the top side of the housing cover box; a first solenoid control push rod and a second solenoid control push rod; a plug connector located between the first and second actuating guides; a plurality of screw clearance holes, at least one of the plurality of screw clearance holes being located at a corner of the housing cover box and each screw clearance hole being operable for locating a screw for joining the housing cover box to the solenoid housing; a sealing plate located between the housing cover box and the solenoid housing; a plurality of mounting feet, at least one of the plurality of mounting feet being located at a corner of the housing cover box and on a bottom surface of the housing cover box; and a plurality of tubular spigots, at least one of the plurality of tubular spigots being aligned with and extending each respective screw clearance hole, wherein portions of the bottom surface of the housing cover box located between the plurality of tubular spigots include set-back boundary edges of at least one of the plurality of side walls, the set-back boundary edges of the at least one of the plurality of side walls being operable as clamping edges for the sealing plate; and the first control push rod actuating guide and the second control push rod actuating guide are operable for manual operation of the first and second solenoid control push rods, respectively.