US 10,895,272 B2Granted

Solenoid valve island

AssigneeMetal Work S.p.A.

InventorsMarco Lucidera, Jacopo Marconi

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Abstract

A solenoid valve island having a base body that includes a housing for a respective solenoid valve, a main feeding duct that is in fluid communication with the housing to supply compressed air entering the solenoid valve and that is provided with an inlet mouth for connection with a source of compressed air, a main collection duct in fluid communication with the housing to collect air leaving the solenoid valve and a discharge mouth for discharging the collected air, a hollow seat in which an electric or electronic supply and control circuit of the solenoid valve is housed and includes an opening at each housing for the electric connection, through it, of the respective solenoid valve with the electric or electronic supply and control circuit, where the electric or electronic supply and control circuit has a male or female type power supply and signal transmitting connector that is partially housed in the hollow seat of the base body and that can be coupled with a corresponding end connector of a cable for the connection of the electric or electronic supply and control circuit to a remote supply and control unit, the corresponding end connector being respectively female or male.

Claims11

Dependent claims

A solenoid valve island comprising a base body that comprises:

at least one housing for a respective solenoid valve,
at least one main feeding duct that is in fluid communication with said at least one housing to supply compressed air entering said solenoid valve, wherein said at least one main feeding duct is provided with an inlet mouth for connection with a source of compressed air,
at least one main collection duct that is in fluid communication with said at least one housing to collect the air leaving said solenoid valve, wherein said at least one main collection duct is provided with a discharge mouth for discharging the air collected,
at least one hollow seat in which an electric or electronic supply and control circuit of said solenoid valve is housed, wherein said hollow seat comprises at least one opening at said at least one housing for an electric connection, through said at least one opening, of said at least one solenoid valve with said electric or electronic supply and control circuit,
wherein said electric or electronic supply and control circuit comprises a power supply and signal transmitting connector of male or female, said connector is at least partially housed in said seat of said base body and is coupleable with a corresponding end connector of a cable for the electric connection of said electric or electronic supply and control circuit to a remote supply and control unit, said corresponding end connector being respectively female or male.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/274,807Filed 13 Feb 2019
Priority: IT 20201800000198527 Feb 2018
Published: US 2019/0264712 A129 Aug 2019
Granted: 19 Jan 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

F15B 13/0878
Modular units: assembly of modular units
F15B 13/0401
For use with a single servomotor: valve members; Fluid interconnections therefor
F15B 13/044
For use with a single servomotor: operated by electrically-controlled means, e.g. solenoids, torque-motors
F15B 13/0814
Manifolds: monoblock manifolds