FR3123394A1 - Device for supporting a plurality of solenoid valves - Google Patents

Abstract

Device for supporting a plurality of solenoid valves (1), said device comprising a first armature (20) and a second armature (22) defining by form complementarity housings (24) intended to receive said solenoid valves (1), said first armature (20) and/or said second armature (22) having passages (26, 36, 40) allowing connection of said solenoid valves (1) to a fluid circuit and/or to an electrical circuit, said first armature (20 ) and/or said second armature (22) being further configured to constrain said solenoid valves (1) in said housings (24) facing said passages (26, 36, 40), by elastic deformation. Figure for abstract: Fig. 1

Description

Device for supporting a plurality of solenoid valves

The invention relates to a device for supporting a plurality of solenoid valves, in particular intended for motor vehicles.

In the automotive field, it is known to integrate solenoid valves in spray nozzle supply circuits making it possible to clean various parts or organs of vehicles, in particular to clean cameras and/or sensors.

It may be desired to group the solenoid valves in a common support by which they are fixed in the vehicle.

A first difficulty is to ensure that said solenoid valves are held in place in the support, despite the inevitable manufacturing variations.

Another difficulty is to have a support that is simple and robust so as to be easily declinable according to the hydraulic architectures and the environment in which the solenoid valves must be used, in particular the available space and the methods of fixing.

The object of the invention is to overcome at least in part the difficulties mentioned above and to this end proposes a device for supporting a plurality of solenoid valves, said device comprising a first armature and a second armature defining, by form complementarity, housings intended to accommodate said solenoid valves, said first armature and/or said second armature having passages allowing said solenoid valves to be connected to a fluid circuit and/or to an electrical circuit, the first armature and/or said second armature being further configured to constrain said solenoid valves in said housings facing said passages, by elastic deformation.

Thanks to such a structure in two parts added one on the other, we have a simple and robust solution. In addition, with the help of the elastic deformation provided, the support device according to the invention allows the solenoid valves to be securely held in place in the housings which receive them.

• ladite première armature et ladite deuxième armature sont encliquetées l’une sur l’autre,
• ledit dispositif comprend en outre des moyens de fixation à un support,
• lesdits moyens de fixation comprennent au moins une lumière, dite basse, située sur la première armature et au moins une lumière, dite haute, située sur la deuxième armature, lesdites lumières basse et haute étant situées en vis-à-vis de sorte à former un orifice de passage d’un organe de fixation au support,
• ledit dispositif comporte en outre un amortisseur de vibration,
• ledit amortisseur traverse ledit orifice de passage de sorte à venir en contact avec lesdites première et deuxième armatures,
• ledit amortisseur présente un évidement pour un passage dudit organe de fixation,
• ledit amortisseur comprend un pion rigide, muni dudit évidement, et un élément absorbeur de vibrations, portée par le pion et destiné à coopérer avec lesdites première et deuxième armatures,
• lesdites lumières basse et haute présentent un contour ouvert latéralement pour une mise en place dudit amortisseur,
• la première armature et la deuxième armature définissent en complémentarité de forme un desdits passages autorisant un raccord desdites électrovannes à un circuit de fluide et/ou à un circuit électrique,
• les armatures sont configurées pour que l’une des armatures contraignent lesdites électrovannes contre l’autre desdites armatures,
• l’une des armatures comprend une première partie de mise en pression, élastiquement déformable, pour contraindre lesdites électrovannes contre une première surface de référence située sur l’autre armature,
• la première armature comprend une deuxième partie de mise en pression, élastiquement déformable, pour contraindre lesdites électrovannes contre une deuxième surface de référence située sur ladite première armature,
• la deuxième armature comprend une troisième partie de mise en pression, élastiquement déformable, pour contraindre lesdites électrovannes contre une troisième surface de référence située sur ladite deuxième armature,
• ladite première, deuxième et/ou troisième partie de mise en pression comprend une patte flexible configurée pour contraindre lesdites électrovannes respectivement contre ladite première, deuxième et/ou troisième surface de référence,
• ladite première, deuxième et/ou troisième surface de référence est située, respectivement, à l’opposé de ladite première, deuxième et/ou troisième patte flexible,
• la première armature comprend
  • une face inférieure munie d’une partie de base, destinée à accueillir une partie massique de la ou desdites électrovannes, et d’une partie surélevée par rapport à la partie de base et destinée à accueillir une partie de distribution de fluide de la ou desdites électrovannes,
  • une face, dite de distribution du fluide, munie de l’un desdits passages, et/ou
  • une première face supérieure, munie d’un autre desdits passages,
• ladite partie de base présente un plan d’appui pour ladite partie massique,
• ladite partie surélevée présente un ou des berceaux pour accueillir ladite partie de circulation de fluide,
• le passage de ladite face supérieure est configuré pour s’étendre en regard de ladite partie massique et de ladite partie de distribution,
• ladite première armature, en particulier ladite face supérieure, comprend des premières pattes flexibles destinées à faire appui sur ladite partie de distribution,
• ladite face supérieure présente un ou plusieurs doigts de centrage, destinées à coopérer avec la deuxième armature,
• ladite première armature comprend une ou plusieurs languettes d’encliquetage, notamment au niveau de sa face supérieure,
• la ou lesdites languettes d’encliquetage sont destinées à coopérer avec des lumières situées sur ladite deuxième armature et/ou avec un bras d’encliquetage de ladite deuxième armature,
• la deuxième armature présente
  • une face de fond, destinée à venir en regard d’un fond desdites parties massiques,
  • une deuxième face supérieure, destinée à venir en regard d’une partie supérieure desdites parties massiques, et/ou
  • des faces latérales, destinées à venir de part et d’autre d’un empilement formé par lesdites électrovannes,
• ladite deuxième face supérieure présente un plan d’appui pour des parties surfaciques de ladite première armature,
• ladite face de fond présente des deuxièmes pattes flexibles destinées à faire appui sur le fond desdites parties massiques,
• ladite deuxième face supérieure présente des troisièmes pattes flexibles destinées à faire appui sur la partie supérieure desdites parties massiques,

According to other characteristics of the invention, which can be used alone or together according to any technically possible combinations, which form as many embodiments of the invention:

• said first armature and said second armature are snapped onto each other,
• said device further comprises means for fixing to a support,
• said fixing means comprise at least one light, called low, located on the first frame and at least one light, called high, located on the second frame, said low and high lights being located opposite each other so as to form an orifice for passage of a fixing member to the support,
• said device further comprises a vibration damper,
• said damper passes through said passage orifice so as to come into contact with said first and second armatures,
• said damper has a recess for a passage of said fixing member,
• said damper comprises a rigid pin, provided with said recess, and a vibration-absorbing element, carried by the pin and intended to cooperate with said first and second armatures,
• said low and high lights have a laterally open outline for positioning said shock absorber,
• the first armature and the second armature define in complementary form one of said passages allowing connection of said solenoid valves to a fluid circuit and/or to an electrical circuit,
• the armatures are configured so that one of the armatures constrains the said solenoid valves against the other of the said armatures,
• one of the armatures comprises a first pressurizing part, elastically deformable, to constrain said solenoid valves against a first reference surface located on the other armature,
• the first armature comprises a second pressurizing part, elastically deformable, to constrain said solenoid valves against a second reference surface located on said first armature,
• the second armature comprises a third pressurizing part, elastically deformable, to constrain said solenoid valves against a third reference surface located on said second armature,
• said first, second and/or third pressurizing part comprises a flexible tab configured to constrain said solenoid valves respectively against said first, second and/or third reference surface,
• said first, second and/or third reference surface is located, respectively, opposite said first, second and/or third flexible leg,
• the first armature comprises
  • a lower face provided with a base part, intended to accommodate a mass part of the said solenoid valve or valves, and with a raised part with respect to the base part and intended to accommodate a fluid distribution part of the said solenoid valve or valves solenoid valves,
  • a so-called fluid distribution face provided with one of said passages, and/or
  • a first upper face, provided with another of said passages,
• said base part has a support plane for said solid part,
• said raised part has one or more cradles to accommodate said fluid circulation part,
• the passage of said upper face is configured to extend facing said mass part and said distribution part,
• said first armature, in particular said upper face, comprises first flexible tabs intended to rest on said dispensing part,
• said upper face has one or more centering fingers, intended to cooperate with the second armature,
• said first frame comprises one or more snap-in tabs, in particular at its upper face,
• the said latching tab(s) are intended to cooperate with slots located on the said second frame and/or with a latching arm of the said second frame,
• the second armature presents
  • a bottom face, intended to come opposite a bottom of said solid parts,
  • a second upper face, intended to come opposite an upper part of said mass parts, and/or
  • side faces, intended to come from either side of a stack formed by said solenoid valves,
• said second upper face has a support plane for surface parts of said first reinforcement,
• said bottom face has second flexible tabs intended to rest on the bottom of said solid parts,
• said second upper face has third flexible tabs intended to rest on the upper part of said solid parts,

The invention also relates to a set of a device as described above and a plurality of solenoid valves housed in said device.

Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will become apparent on reading the following description, with reference to the appended figures, in which:

The illustrates in perspective an example of an assembly of a support device according to the invention and of a plurality of solenoid valves;

The is an exploded view according to the ;

The is a perspective view of a first frame of the support device shown in ;

The is a perspective view of a second frame of the support device shown in ;

The is a perspective view illustrating a first assembly step of the assembly of the ;

The is a perspective view illustrating a second assembly step of the assembly of the ;

The is a perspective view illustrating a third assembly step of the assembly of the ;

The is a perspective view illustrating a fourth assembly step of the assembly of the ;

As illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, the invention relates to a support device for an assembly formed of a plurality of solenoid valves 1. The illustrated device makes it possible to accommodate four solenoid valves 1 but the invention applies equally well to smaller than larger number of solenoid valves.

Said device is intended to be used, in particular, in motor vehicles. Said solenoid valves 1 are intended, for example, to be integrated into spray nozzle supply circuits making it possible to clean various parts or organs of the vehicle, in particular to clean cameras and/or sensors.

Said solenoid valves 1 comprise, for example, a mass part 2 and a fluid distribution part 4. Said mass part 2 is intended to accommodate an electric actuator, not visible. Said solenoid valves 1 make it possible to authorize or prevent the distribution of the fluid in the circuit in which they are integrated. The fluid distribution part 4 here has orifices 6 for placing the fluid in communication and an outlet 8 for fluid distribution.

Said solenoid valves 1 are configured so that the fluid is distributed in said distribution parts 4 of all the solenoid valves by passing through said communication openings 6, this from an inlet 10, located on the one of said solenoid valves 1.

Said solenoid valves 1 are arranged, for example, in a row. Said inlet port 10 is located on one of the solenoid valves located at one end of the row. Said solenoid valves 1 are positioned parallel, side by side, said parts 4 of distribution being oriented on the same side.

Said solid part 2 comprises a cylindrical body 12, inside which the electric actuator is housed, and a support frame 14, accommodating said cylindrical body 12. Said support frame 14 comprises a bottom face of said solid part 2 , on which rests said cylindrical body 12, and two side faces through which the longitudinal ends of said cylindrical body 12 open.

Said mass part 2 further comprises an electrical connector 16, here attached to the support frame 14, in particular in the upper part of said mass part 2, at the level of one of the side faces of said supported frame 14. Said connector 16 has a connection interface configured for a connection movement oriented substantially in a direction substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of said cylindrical body 12, said connection interface being located in a middle part of said cylindrical body 12.

Said distribution parts 4 comprise a distribution chamber, here located in the extension of said cylindrical body 12. Each of these distribution chambers are aligned one after the other in a direction substantially orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of said cylindrical body 12, the alignment thus formed having at one of its ends the fluid inlet orifice 10 and at the other a plug 11. Said communication openings 6 are located at two opposite ends of said distribution chambers along of this direction substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of said cylindrical bodies 12 and allow the passage of fluid from one solenoid valve 1 to another. Said fluid distribution outlets 8 comprise a channel connected to said distribution chamber, between each of their communication orifices 6. Each of said channels extends here along said longitudinal axis of the cylindrical body 12 of the corresponding solenoid valve.

It may be noted that said solenoid valves 1 are fixed together, in particular at the level of the orifices 6 for establishing communication, and form a relatively rigid block. In this way, the position of one of the solenoid valves conditions the position of the other solenoid valves, with a limited play. Furthermore, said solenoid valves 1 are all identical, at least in their external form.

To accommodate said solenoid valves 1, said support device according to the invention comprises a first armature 20 and a second armature 22 defining, by form complementarity, housings 24 intended to accommodate said solenoid valves 1, preferably individually. In other words, in the example illustrated, there are four housings 24, namely one for each of said solenoid valves.

Said first armature 20 and said second armature 22 have passages allowing said solenoid valves 1 to be connected to a fluid circuit and/or to an electric circuit, said first armature and/or said second armature being further configured to constrain said solenoid valves in said housing facing said passages, by elastic deformation.

By maintaining said solenoid valves in the housings it provides and the positioning that this maintenance ensures with respect to the electrical and hydraulic interfaces of the solenoid valves, the support device according to the invention facilitates connection of said solenoid valves to the circuits in which they are integrated, this while allowing them to be set up quickly and reliably.

. Said first and second armatures 20, 22 are for example made of plastic material, in particular thermoplastic, for example polyamide.

Advantageously, as in the illustrated embodiment, said first and/or second armatures 20, 22 are also configured to allow the circulation of fluid between said solenoid valves 1, in particular by allowing a connection between them of their communication orifices 6 neighbors.

Preferably, the first reinforcement 20 and the second reinforcement 22 define in complementary form one 26 of said passages. This is the passage through which the inlet 10 opens. They can symmetrically define such a passage at the level of the stopper 11.

As is best seen in the , the first armature 20 comprises a lower face 28, provided with a base part 30 and with a part 32 raised with respect to the base part 30, a face 34, called the fluid distribution face, provided with one 36 of said passages, and a first upper face 38, provided with another 40 of said passages (see ). Said distribution face 34 is connected by opposite edges to said lower face 28, at a first end edge of the raised part 32, and to said upper face 38, at a first end edge. of the latter.

Said base part 30 is intended to accommodate the mass part 2 of said solenoid valve(s) 1. More specifically, here, said base part 30 has a support plane for said mass part 2, in particular its bottom face defined by said support frame 14. Advantageously, as in the example shown, said support plane is common for all of said solenoid valves 1 which all rest in this way at the same level on the same plane.

Said base part 30 further comprises here partitions 50 intended to be located between the neighboring solenoid valves 1. Said partitions extend parallel to each other, perpendicular to said support plane. One of said partitions has a support rib 52 for transverse positioning of the block of solenoid valves 1. Said support rib 52 extends here in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said mass parts 2, at the level of a side face of the partition 50 in question.

Each of said raised parts 32 is intended to accommodate said fluid distribution part 4 of one of the solenoid valves 1. Said raised part 32 has a cradle 42 provided with support ribs 44 of said fluid distribution part 4, in particular an underside of its distribution chamber. Said cradle 42 has a generatrix extending in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said solid parts 2. Said bearing ribs 44 have the same orientation. The cradles 42 are interconnected by flats 46, substantially parallel to said support plane of the base part 30.

The communication orifices 6 are intended to be located plumb with said flats 46. Said raised part accommodating the solenoid valves 1 provided with the inlet orifice 10 and/or the plug 11 also has such a flat 46 plumb of said inlet 10 and/or of said plug 11.

Said passages 36 of the distribution faces 34 are intended to accommodate the fluid distribution orifices 8 of the solenoid valves 1. Said cradles 42 open into the said passages 36 of the distribution faces 34 at the level of the first end edge of the raised part 32.

At a second end edge of the raised part 32, opposite said first end edge of said raised part 32, said raised part 32 has a stop 48 for the mass part 12. Said stop 48 is defined by a plane connecting orthogonally, on the one hand, the support plane of the base part 30 and, on the other hand, the cradles 42 and the flats 46. Said abutment 48 is intended to serve as a support for a lower part of one of the side faces of the support frame 14.

For each of said solenoid valves 1, passage 40 of said upper face 38 is configured to extend facing said mass part 2 and said distribution part 4.

Advantageously, said upper face 38 comprises first flexible tabs 54, better visible in Figures 1 and 2, intended to rest on said dispensing part 4, in particular vertically, in particular on an upper part of said dispensing part 4 which here presents in regard a rounded shape so as to allow linear contact with said first flexible tab 54. Said first flexible tabs 54 thus press the distribution part 4 of the solenoid valves 1 into the cradles 42.

Said upper face 38 also has one or more centering fingers 56, intended to cooperate with the second armature 22, in particular at the level of first slots 60 (see ). Said centering fingers 56 extend substantially along the longitudinal axis of said solid parts 2, in the direction of said second armature 22.

Said first flexible tabs 54 are located at a first part of upper face 38, extending substantially parallel to lower face 28, and centering fingers 56 at a second part of said upper face, s extending perpendicularly to said first part of the upper face 38. The passage 40 of the said upper face 38 extends at the level of these two parts of the said upper face to accommodate the said electrical connector 16 of the said solenoid valves 1.

Said first armature 20 further comprises one or more first latching tabs 58 at its upper face 38, in particular at the level of said second part of said upper face 2. Said first latching tab(s) 58 are intended to cooperate with second lights 61 (see ) located on said second frame 22. They extend substantially parallel to said support plane of the base part 30 of the lower face 28.

Said first frame 20 further comprises one or more second latching tabs 62. A first of said second latching tabs 62 is here constituted by a latching hook, located at a lateral side of the first frame 20, under the flat 46 intended to accommodate the fluid inlet orifice 10. An identical, non-visible hook is symmetrically provided on the opposite side face of said first frame 20. Said second latching tongue(s) 62 are intended to allow the latching of a latching arm 64 of said second frame 22.

As is best seen in the , the second frame 22 has a bottom face 70, intended to come opposite a bottom of said solid parts 2, a second upper face 72, intended to come opposite an upper part of said solid parts 2, and faces side 74, intended to come from either side of the block of solenoid valves 1. Said side faces 74 are connected by said bottom face 70 and said upper face 72.

Said second upper face 72 and the first upper face 38 of the first reinforcement 20 are in the extension of one another.

Advantageously, said second upper face 72 has protrusions 73 intended to accommodate said electrical connectors 16. It also has a support plane 76 for surface parts 78 of said first frame 20.

In particular, said support plane 76 has, in the continuity of the protrusions 73, passages for the electrical connectors 16. It also has the first slots 60 for the centering fingers 56 and/or the second slots 61 for the first snap tabs 58 of the first upper face 38 (see ). Said surface parts 78 are located, for example, between an upper part of each of the housings 24.

Said side faces 74 have latching arms 64. Said latching hooks of the first frame 20 are configured to cooperate with said latching arms 64 by transverse deformation of said arms during assembly of said first and second frames 20, 22.

Said first latching tabs 58, located in the upper part, and said second latching tabs 62, located in the lower part, complement each other to block the relative movements of the first and second armatures 20, 22 along the longitudinal axis of said mass parts 2 of the solenoid valves. Said first snap tabs 58 further form with their corresponding slot 61 abutments in the directions orthogonal to said longitudinal axis of the mass parts 2.

Advantageously, said bottom face 70 has second flexible tabs 80, intended to rest on the bottom of said mass parts 2, in a direction oriented parallel to said longitudinal axis of said mass parts 2. Said second flexible tabs 80 thus press the solenoid valves 1 longitudinally against the stop 48 defined by the raised part 32. Said second legs 80 are here T-shaped, in particular inverted.

Said second upper face 72 has third flexible tabs 82, intended to bear on the upper part of said mass parts 2, in particular on the side face of said support frame 14 carrying said electrical connector 16. Said flexible tabs 82 press said solenoid valves 1 against said base portion 30 of lower face 28. Said third flexible tabs 82 are located at a top surface of said protrusions 73.

Said second and/or third flexible legs 80, 82 may have ribs allowing linear rather than surface contact with the facing surfaces, or even point contact if said facing surfaces are also provided with facing ribs.

Preferably, as better illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, said device further comprises means for attachment to a support, not shown, which may be any part of a chassis or another part of the vehicle. Said fixing means comprise at least one light 90, called low, located on the first frame 20 and at least one light 92, called high, located on the second frame 22. Said low and high lights 90, 92 are located opposite opposite so as to form a passage orifice 94 for a fastening member, not shown, to the support. Said low and high lights, 90, 92 are for example of the same shape. Once the device has been fixed, the fixing member contributes to holding the first and second armatures 20, 22 relative to each other and therefore to holding the solenoid valves 1 in place in their housing, in combination or not with the flexible legs already described.

Advantageously, said device further comprises a vibration damper 96. Said damper 96 here passes through said passage orifice 94 so as to come into contact with said first and second armatures 20, 22. Said damper 96 has a recess 98 for a passage of said fixing device. Said damper 96 comprises, for example, a rigid pin 100, provided with said recess 98, and a vibration absorber element 102, carried by pin 100 and intended to cooperate with said first and second armatures 20, 22. Pin 100 and the The vibration absorber element 102 has here a form of revolution.

The pin 100 has a cylindrical part having the recess 98 and extended radially at one of its ends by a contact surface with the support, said contact surface here having an annular shape.

Said absorber element 102 has an annular shape. It is fitted onto the cylindrical part of the pin 100 and bears against the contact surface of said pin 100. Said absorber element 102 also has an annular groove 104 on an outer side wall to cooperate with the edges of the lower and upper slots 90, 92.

Preferably, said low and high slots 90, 92 have a laterally open contour to allow the positioning of said damper 96.

In the example shown, there are three pairs of high and low lights 90, 92 as described above. The low slots 90 are provided at the flanges coming from a bottom edge and from opposite side edges of the base part 30 of said lower face 28. The high slots 92 are provided at the level of flanges coming from a lower edge the bottom face 70 and the side faces 74. Said flanges here extend parallel to the support plane defined by the base part 30 and the through holes 94 are oriented for attachment in a direction orthogonal to said plane. A number of flanges and a different fixing orientation are of course possible while remaining within the scope of the invention.

As illustrated in Figures 5 and following, the assembly of the assembly formed by the support device and the solenoid valves 1 will now be described.

As shown in , the solenoid valves 1, previously assembled as a whole, are firstly installed in said first armature 20, at their respective housing 24.

As shown in , the second frame 22 is then fixed on the first frame 20, by snap-fastening. This provides a first holding of the solenoid valves 1 in said support device. The various fluid orifices 8, 10 and the electrical connection interfaces are then in position in the passages 26, 36, 40 which are intended for them respectively. The high and low lights 90, 92 are opposite each other.

As shown in , the absorber elements 102 are then inserted into said high and low slots 90, 92.

As shown in , the corresponding pins 100 are finally inserted into the absorber elements 102. This immobilizes them in said high and low slots 90, 92 and contributes to locking said first and second armatures 20, 22 on each other.

As emerges from the foregoing, it is understood that, according to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the armatures 20, 22 are configured so that one of the armatures constrains the said solenoid valves 1 against the other of the said armatures. For this, one of the armatures advantageously comprises a first pressurizing part, elastically deformable, to constrain said solenoid valves 1 against a first reference surface located on the other armature. This characteristic makes it possible in particular to compensate for the dimensional variations of the assembly of the solenoid valves while maintaining said assembly in safety. It is all the more useful since the chain of tolerances in question includes both dimensional tolerances relating to each of the solenoid valves and tolerances due to the assembly of said assembly. The stressing of the solenoid valves 1 between the first pressurizing part and the first reference surface is for example the result of the snap-fastening of the first and second armatures 20, 22 one on the other.

In the example illustrated, said first pressurizing part is located on the second armature 22. It is formed of the second flexible tabs 80. The first reference surface is located on the first armature 20. It is formed of the abutment 48 .

Still preferentially, said first armature 20 comprises a second pressurizing part, elastically deformable, to force said solenoid valves 1 against a second reference surface, located on said first armature 20. This characteristic allows in particular a preassembly of the solenoid valves 1 in the first armature 20, before mounting the second armature 22 on the first armature 20.

In the example illustrated, said second pressurizing part is formed by the first flexible tabs 54 and the second reference surface is formed by the cradles 42.

Again preferably, the second armature 22 comprises a third pressurizing part, elastically deformable, to constrain said solenoid valves 1 against a third reference surface located on said second armature 22. This feature makes it possible in particular to reinforce the retention of the mass part 2 of solenoid valves 1.

In the example illustrated, said third pressurizing part is formed by third flexible legs 82 and the third reference surface is formed by said base part 30.

It can also be noted that, as is the case in the example illustrated, one of the frames, namely the second frame 22, carries the flexible tabs 80,82 for holding the mass part 2, while the other reinforcement, namely the first reinforcement 20, defines the majority, even all of said passages 26, 36, 40.

It may also be noted that, as is the case in the example illustrated, said support device forms a substantially parallelepipedal box, three of the faces of the box, namely its side faces and its upper face, being defined by complementarity of shape to using said first and second armatures.

Claims (10)

Device for supporting a plurality of solenoid valves (1), said device comprising a first armature (20) and a second armature (22) defining, by form complementarity, housings (24) intended to receive said solenoid valves (1), said first armature (20) and/or said second armature (22) having passages (26, 36, 40) allowing connection of said solenoid valves (1) to a fluid circuit and/or to an electrical circuit, said first armature (20 ) and/or said second armature (22) being further configured to constrain said solenoid valves (1) in said housings (24) facing said passages (26, 36, 40), by elastic deformation. Device according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the said device further comprises means for fixing to a support, the said fixing means comprising at least one light (90), called the bottom, located on the first frame and at least one light (92), called high, located on the second frame, said low and high slots being located vis-à-vis so as to form a passage orifice (94) for a fixing member to the support. Device according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the first armature (20) and the second armature (22) define in complementary form one (26) of the said passages. Device according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the armatures (20, 22) are configured so that one of the armatures urges the said solenoid valves (1) against the other of the said armatures. Device according to the preceding claim, in which one (22) of the armatures comprises an elastically deformable pressurizing part for constraining the said solenoid valves (1) against a reference surface, located on the other armature (20). Device according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the first armature (20) comprises a lower face (28) provided with a base part (30), intended to receive a mass part (2) of the said solenoid valve or valves ( 1), and a part (32) raised relative to the base part (30) and intended to accommodate a fluid distribution part (4) of the said solenoid valve or valves (1), a face (34), said fluid distribution, provided with one (36) of said passages, and / or a first upper face (38), provided with another (40) of said passages. Device according to Claim 8, in which the said first armature (20) comprises first flexible tabs (54) intended to rest on the said dispensing part (4). Device according to any one of Claims 8 or 9, in which the second armature (22) has a bottom face (70), intended to come opposite a bottom of the said solid parts (2), a second upper face (72 ), intended to come opposite an upper part of said mass parts (2), and side faces (76), intended to come from either side of a stack formed by said solenoid valves (1), said faces side (76) being connected by said bottom face (70) and said upper face (72). Device according to the preceding claim, in which said bottom face (70) has second flexible legs (80) intended to rest on a bottom of said solid parts (2) and/or said second upper face (72) has third flexible legs (82) intended to rest on an upper part of said solid parts (2). Assembly of a device according to any one of the preceding claims and of a plurality of solenoid valves (1) housed in said device.