Patent ID: 7021332

Claim:
A valve section for a multiple section hydraulic valve assembly comprising: a body having first and second side surfaces and an end surface, a bore extending into the body from the end surface, a plurality of primary mating surfaces raised from locations on the first side surface remote from a region of the first side surface that is adjacent the bore, a plurality of secondary mating surfaces raised from locations on the second side surface remote from a region of the second side surface that is adjacent the bore, wherein the plurality of primary mating surfaces are adapted to mate with a secondary mating surface of another valve section and the plurality of secondary mating surfaces are adapted to mate with a primary mating surface of yet another valve section, the body further including a plurality of common passages spaced from the bore and each extending between one of the plurality of primary mating surfaces and one of the plurality of secondary mating surfaces; a plurality of passageways connecting the bore to each of the plurality of common passages; and a control spool slidably received in the bore.