Patent ID: 8100145
Filing Date: 2012-01-24
Classification: F15B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An LIFD valve assembly, having a pressure balance device ( 6 ) a pressure balance slide ( 80 ) of which is urged in the opening direction by a pressure downstream of a metering aperture and in the closing direction by a control pressure preferably corresponding to the highest load pressure of a plurality of consumers, and a load pressure downstream of the metering aperture is reportable to line ( 46 ) via the pressure balance device ( 6 ), and having a load-maintaining device that can be put in a closing position, in which position a pressure medium flow path from a consumer to the metering aperture is blocked, wherein the pressure balance slide ( 80 ) is embodied in divided fashion, with an upper part ( 82 ) and a lower part ( 84 ), wherein the latter is guided on the upper part ( 82 ), and determines the pressure balance device throttle cross section with a pressure balance control edge and embodies a closing body ( 98 ) of the load-maintaining device.