Fluid control device, joint block and manufacturing method for fluid control device

A joint block, comprising:

• an upper surface and a bottom surface facing each other,
• side surfaces extending from the upper surface toward the bottom surface,
• a fluid flow path including two flow path ports of the fluid flow path which open in the upper surface, and
• an engaging portion on the bottom surface side,
• wherein two screw holes, each of which is connectable with another member, are formed from the upper surface toward the bottom surface, the two screw holes are arranged between the two flow path ports in a longitudinal direction,
• a length of the joint block in the longitudinal direction is formed longer than a length of the engaging portion in the longitudinal direction, and
• a portion of the fluid flow path that connects the two flow path ports extends below bottoms of the two screw holes.

A manufacturing method for a fluid control device,

• the fluid control device comprising:
• upstream side and downstream side joint blocks each defining an upper surface and a bottom surface facing each other, side surfaces extending from the upper surface toward the bottom surface, and a fluid flow path opened on the upper surface;
• the upstream side and downstream side joint blocks each having an engaging portion on the bottom surface;
• a support member that has a guide portion extending linearly in the longitudinal direction in which the engaging portions of the joint blocks are engageable, and restrains the joint blocks on the support member while allowing the joint blocks to move in the longitudinal direction by the guide portion;
• and
• a fluid device having at least two flow path ports open on a bottom surface side and fixed to the upper surfaces of the joint blocks such that the flow path ports are connected to the fluid flow paths of the joint blocks,
• the manufacturing method comprising:
• forming a first screw hole toward the bottom surface from the upper surface of the upstream side joint block, and forming a second screw hole toward the bottom surface from the upper surface of the downstream side joint block, the first and second screw holes being configured to be screwed with fastening bolts to connect the fluid device to the upstream side and downstream side joint blocks while pressing seal members disposed around flow path ports of the upstream side and downstream joint blocks and the two flow path ports of the fluid device, which are butted against each other;
• the first screw hole of the upstream side joint block being formed only on an upstream side of the flow path port of the upstream side joint block in the longitudinal direction;
• the second screw hole of the downstream side joint block being formed only on a downstream side of the flow path port of the downstream side joint block in the longitudinal direction;
• forming a length of the engaging portion shorter than a length of the joint block in the longitudinal direction;
• and
• fixing the upstream side and downstream side joint blocks to the guide portion by utilizing a reaction force against a moment generated by a tightening force of the fastening bolts and acting on the upstream side and downstream side joint blocks and the fluid device connected together.