Patent ID: 8028716

Claim:
A pressure reducing valve comprising: an open/close valve arranged between a primary port and a secondary port, a cylinder arranged downstream from the open/close valve, a piston defining a pressure reducing chamber and a pressure regulating chamber in the cylinder and having a pressure regulating surface located at the pressure regulating chamber side and a pressure receiving surface located at the pressure reducing chamber side, wherein the outer circumferential surface of the piston has an outer diameter such that the piston slides within the cylinder, with the outer circumferential surface in sliding contact with the cylinder, in accordance with the difference between pressure applied to the pressure regulating surface and pressure applied to the pressure receiving surface to open and close the open/close valve, wherein the outer circumferential surface of the piston has an accommodating groove having a circumferential wall with a constant diameter throughout the axial length of the accommodating groove, and wherein the piston has a threaded portion extending from the accommodating groove; an annular lip seal arranged in the accommodating groove and having a slide piece that slides in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder due to a pressing force of an elastic member; and a nut mated with the threaded portion, the nut including a mating portion inserted in the accommodating groove to hold the lip seal within the accommodating groove, an inner circumferential surface of the mating portion being formed to slide in contact with the circumferential wall of the accommodating groove, the nut further including a fastening surface facing the piston and extending between the threaded portion and the mating portion, the fastening surface engaging the piston to limit further entry of the mating portion into the accommodating groove when the lip seal is axially fixed by the mating portion, wherein the mating portion extends from the fastening surface of the nut, wherein the inner diameter of the mating portion is set to be sufficiently equal to diameter of the circumferential wall of the accommodating groove to provide sliding contact with the circumferential wall of the accommodating groove, and wherein an outer diameter of the mating portion is set to be sufficiently equal to an outer diameter of the piston to provide said sliding contact with the cylinder, whereby mating the nut with the threaded portion until the fastening surface engages the piston causes the mating portion to enter the accommodating groove, in sliding contact with the circumferential wall of the accommodating groove, to axially fix the lip seal in the accommodating groove.