Patent ID: 7225835

Claim:
A gas panel, comprising: a first gas stick having a first flow path and including a first plurality of substrates, wherein each of the first plurality of substrates includes a substrate body, a fluid passageway formed in the substrate body, and a first plurality of ports formed in a first surface of the substrate body, the first plurality of ports located in a common plane; a second gas stick having a second flow path and including a second plurality of substrates, wherein each of the second plurality of substrates includes a substrate body, a fluid passageway formed in the substrate body, and a second plurality of ports formed in a first surface of the substrate body, the second plurality of ports located in the common plane; a first manifold having first and second ports, the first flow path including the first port of the first manifold and the second flow path including the second port of the first manifold, the first and second ports of the first manifold being fluidly connected to one another; and a second manifold having first and second ports, wherein the first flow path includes the first port of the second manifold, and wherein the second flow path includes the second port of the second manifold, wherein a first substrate of the plurality of substrates included in the first gas stick and a first substrate of the plurality of substrates included in the second gas stick each include a first channel adapted to receive a portion of the first manifold and to locate the first and second ports of the first manifold, respectively, in the common plane when the first manifold is received within the respective channel, wherein a second substrate of the plurality of substrates included in the first gas stick and a second substrate of the plurality of substrates included in the second gas stick each includes a second channel adapted to receive a portion of the second manifold and to locate the first and second ports of the second manifold, respectively, in the common plane when the second manifold is received within the respective second channels, wherein the gas panel includes a mounting plate to which the first and second gas sticks are mounted, and wherein the first and second gas sticks are mounted to the mounting plate with a mounting assembly that thermally decouples the first and second gas sticks from the mounting plate and one another, and wherein the first gas stick and the second gas stick are resiliently mounted to the mounting plate using a plurality of floating mounts.