Patent ID: 6923207

Claim:
A manifold valve having a position detecting mechanism, the valve comprising: a selector valve for selecting a flow path of pressure fluid and a manifold base mounted with the selector valve, wherein the selector valve includes a casing having a mounting face to be mounted to the manifold base, a spool provided in the casing to select the flow path, and one or two solenoid-operated pilot valve(s) for driving the spool, the casing includes a first recessed portion formed at a portion of the mounting face and a part housing chamber formed at a different position from the first recessed portion, one or more position sensors for detecting an operating position of the spool are housed in the part housing chamber, a first relay connector for both signal transmission and feeding and electrically connected to both the position sensors and pilot valves is housed in the first recessed portion, the manifold base includes a placing face on which the selector valve is mounted, a second recessed portion formed at a position on the placing face corresponding to the first recessed portion, and a substrate housing chamber inside the base and connected to the second recessed portion, a second relay connector to be electrically connected to the first relay connector by mounting the selector valve onto the placing face is housed in the second recessed portion, and a main wiring substrate for signal processing, signal transmission, and feeding and electrically connected to the second relay connector is housed in the substrate housing chamber.