Patent ID: RE41299

Claim:
A fluid control system that comprises: a fluid manifold having a plurality of manifold bodies fastened to each other end-to-end so as to form fluid passage means extending through said manifold, said manifold bodies including first through passage means that align with each other and collectively form said fluid passage means in said manifold, and second through passage means that align with each other and collectively form a continuous second passage through said manifold parallel to and offset from said fluid passage means , ; a solenoid valve being mounted on a side of at least one of said manifold bodies with fluid ports opening into said body to said fluid passage means , ; electrical connection means being mounted at one end of said manifold for receiving control signals from an external source , and ; a plurality of individual circuitboards being disposed one in each of said second through passage means, said plurality of circuitboards having interconnection means and conductors printed thereon, and being electrically interconnected in series through said continuous second passage, by means of said interconnection means and said conductors, electrically connecting said connection means to said solenoid valve ; said interconnection means comprising a female connector at one end of each circuitboard and a mating male connector at an opposing end of each said circuitboard for enabling series connection of said circuitboards through said continuous second passage; each of said circuitboards further including a third connector on a lateral side thereof not extending above said passage means adjacent to said side of said manifold body for electrical interconnection of said circuitboard to said solenoid valve mounted on said side of said body; and said second passage means including upper and lower opposed slots extending at least partway through said body for slidably receiving in a longitudinal direction along the axis of the slots and retaining said circuitboard; and said circuitboard being constructed to be slidably receivable in a longitudinal direction in said opposed slots .