Solenoid valve assembly connector fasteners
AssigneeSMC Corporation
InventorsShinji Miyazoe, Bunya Hayashi, Makoto Ishikawa
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Abstract
A device to fasten a power supply connector unit 18 to a solenoid valve assembly 1 comprising multiple solenoid valves 2. The fastening device has a side plate 4 having a vertical first fitting surface 21a and a horizontal second fitting surface 21b, two pairs of positioning recesses 22a and 22b and two pairs of engaging recesses 23a and 23b on the two fitting surfaces, two each projections 29 and hooks 30 on the connector unit 18, and an opening 20 to pass lead wires extending over the two fitting surfaces.
Claims6
In means for attaching a connector unit supplying power to individual solenoid valves to a solenoid valve assembly comprising multiple solenoid valves, the improvement which comprises:
- a side plate disposed at one end of the solenoid valve assembly having a vertical first fitting surface and a second fitting surface extending horizontally from the first fitting surface for fastening the connector unit, an opening to pass a lead wire extending over the two fitting surfaces, and at least one engaging recess provided in each of the two fitting surfaces to fasten the connector unit in position;
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- the connector unit having at least one hook adapted to be selectively and elastically engaged with the engaging recesses on each fitting surface to permit selective fastening of the connector unit in an upright or a horizontal position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.