Patent ID: 7753076

Claim:
An electromagnetic valve including an electromagnetic valve body formed of a passage switching unit and an electromagnetic operation unit for operating the passage switching unit, and a feeder unit for supplying power to the electromagnetic operation unit, characterized in that: the feeder unit includes a power receiving terminal which is provided on a side surface of the electromagnetic valve body and conducted to the electromagnetic operation unit, a terminal cover attached onto the side surface of the electromagnetic valve body to cover the power receiving terminal, a socket hole formed at a position corresponding to the power receiving terminal covered by the terminal cover, and a feeder socket attached to a top end of a feeder cable so as to be installed within the socket hole; the feeder socket includes a terminal storage box having a rectangular box shape and an open front surface and a lid for covering the open front surface of the terminal storage box, and the feeder cable and a feeder terminal are interposed between the terminal storage box and the lid which are connected with each other to integrally assemble the feeder socket to be installed within the socket hole such that the feeder terminal and the power receiving terminal are electrically coupled with each other; at least one of a plurality of walls surrounding the socket hole is formed as an elastic wall including a top end section located at the side of an inlet of the socket hole located at an outer surface of the terminal cover and a tip section located at the depth side remote from the outer surface of the terminal cover; and a hook is formed on an inner surface of the tip section of the elastic wall, and a claw is formed on a plane opposite the elastic wall such that the feeder socket is installed in the socket hole so as not to be fallen out through an elastic engagement between the claw and the hook.