Patent ID: 8479636

Claim:
A valve arrangement, comprising: an adjustable directional control valve having a control slide actuating at least one consumer connection, being actuated by a pressure difference of two actuating pressures and having an input side; an LS control line connected to said control valve; a logic valve in fluid communication with said control valve and actuated by the two actuating pressures, said logic valve being a selector valve acting in an inverted manner; an additional valve in fluid communication with said logic valve and being an LS pressure limitation valve actuated by said logic valve; a pressure compensator in fluid communication with and upstream of said control valve, between a pressure supply and said input side and connected on a control input thereof to a supply line connecting said control valve and said pressure compensator; a connection line connecting said pressure compensator to said LS pressure limiting valve; one of a throttle and diaphragm in a delivery line extending from said supply line to said connection line; and a pressure sensor connected to said LS control line and to valve control electronics.