Electromagnetic valve
AssigneeSMC Corporation
InventorMinehiko MITA
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Abstract
A feeder terminal connected to the core wire of the feeder cable is installed in the storage chamber of the terminal storage box, and the feeder cable and the feeder terminal are gripped to be fixed between the terminal storage box and the lid such that the feeder socket is assembled. The feeder socket is inserted into the socket hole formed in the terminal cover to connect the feeder terminal to the power receiving terminal communicated with the electromagnetic operation unit.
Claims15
An electromagnetic valve including an electromagnetic valve body formed of a passage switching unit and an electromagnetic operation unit for operating the passage switching unit, and a feeder unit for supplying power to the electromagnetic operation unit, characterized in that:
- the feeder unit includes a power receiving terminal which is provided on a side surface of the electromagnetic valve body and conducted to the electromagnetic operation unit, a terminal cover attached onto the side surface of the electromagnetic valve body to cover the power receiving terminal, a socket hole formed at a position corresponding to the power receiving terminal covered by the terminal cover, and a feeder socket attached to a top end of a feeder cable so as to be installed within the socket hole;
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- the feeder socket includes a terminal storage box having a rectangular box shape and an open front surface and a lid for covering the open front surface of the terminal storage box, and the feeder cable and a feeder terminal are interposed between the terminal storage box and the lid which are connected with each other to integrally assemble the feeder socket to be installed within the socket hole such that the feeder terminal and the power receiving terminal are electrically coupled with each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.