Patent ID: 7896026

Claim:
A pressure control valve of an electronically controllable power steering apparatus comprising: a hollow valve body adapted to be press fit into a valve housing, the valve body including: a first stepped area with a predetermined depth, the first stepped area being formed as a recess in an outer circumferential surface of the valve body where a supply port is formed; an integrally formed solid closure portion at an upper end of the hollow valve body to close the hollow valve body; an engagement member formed at an upper end of the solid closure portion and having a diameter greater than a diameter of the hollow valve body thereby forming an engagement part that is adapted to engage an uppermost end of the valve housing; and a gripping part in the form of a male protuberance extending axially from a top surface of the engagement member, the gripping part adapted to facilitate fitting the valve body into the valve housing; and a filter fitted in the first stepped area of the valve body, the filter having a filter portion, top and bottom support frames, and one or more middle support frames, which are arranged in such a manner that a second stepped area recessed by a predetermined depth from an outer circumferential surface of the top and bottom support frames is formed by the top and bottom support frames and the middle support frames, wherein the second stepped area is defined on one side of said one or more middle support frames and the filter portion is arranged on another side of said one or more middle support frames.