Patent ID: 8375981

Claim:
A pressure control valve, comprising: a sleeve having an inlet port into which hydraulic fluid from a hydraulic pump flows and a tank path communicating with a hydraulic tank; a poppet slidably coupled within the sleeve to open/close a flow path between the inlet port and the tank path; a piston elastically supported by a spring to slidably move within the poppet, and becoming in contact with a pilot poppet when the piston moves by an initial pressure of the hydraulic pump; a poppet spring elastically supporting the path between the inlet port and the tank path in a closed state by pressing the poppet; a valve sheet installed to face the poppet so that a set pressure is formed in a pressure chamber of the sleeve; said pilot poppet draining the hydraulic fluid in the pressure chamber to the hydraulic tank by opening a flow path of the valve sheet when high pressure that exceeds the set pressure is generated in the pressure chamber; a pilot poppet spring elastically supporting the path of the valve sheet in a closed state by pressing the pilot poppet; a plug coupled to the sleeve, and having a pilot port formed therein to receive a supply of the pilot signal pressure from an outside; a main piston slidably coupled within a guide coupled to the plug to variably control the set pressure in the pressure chamber in accordance with the pilot signal pressure being supplied through the pilot port; a control plug movably coupled to the guide to control a set pressure of a spring supporting the main piston; a connection member rotatably coupled to an outer side of the plug, and having a path formed therein to communicate with the pilot port; a first stopper slidably installed in the guide to face the pilot poppet and to prevent the set pressure of the pilot poppet spring from being lowered below a predetermined value; a stepped portion formed on an inner side of the guide to limit the movement of the first stopper within a predetermined section when the set pressure of the pilot poppet spring is lowered; a second stopper installed between the main piston and the control plug to limit the movement of the main piston within a predetermined section when the pilot signal pressure is applied to variably control the set pressure of the pressure chamber; and a sealing part mounted on an outer side of the poppet to seal a gap between mutual contact surfaces of the sleeve and the poppet, so that the hydraulic fluid in the pressure chamber is prevented from leaking to the hydraulic tank through the gap, wherein a drain port is formed in the control plug to feed the hydraulic fluid in the pressure chamber back to the hydraulic tank when the main piston moves in accordance with a supply of the pilot signal pressure thereto.