Patent ID: 8434520

Claim:
A valve control unit for a pressure modulator of a commercial vehicle, the valve control unit comprising: a valve control housing; a plurality of solenoid valves housed in the valve control housing, each solenoid valve comprising a solenoid and valve internals, the solenoids being insertable in a first direction via a recess in a top side of the valve control housing and the valve internals being insertable into the solenoids in a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction, via valve bores disposed in the valve control housing; a pneumatic interface configured to couple directly to a relay valve; pressure sensors for measuring pneumatic pressures housed in one of in and on the valve control unit; air ducts disposed in the valve control housing between the pneumatic interface, the valve bores, and the pressure sensors; and an electrical interface in contact with the pressure sensors and the solenoids.