Patent ID: 7100638

Claim:
A valve for a hydraulic power steering, comprising a first valve element and a second valve element, which from a central position can be rotatably displaced relative to each other to a limited extent in the one or other direction, in order to generate a steering assistance, wherein one of the valve elements can be rotatably displaced from a neutral position into the one or other direction relative to an associated shaft, and wherein a coupling mechanism is provided, which limits the displacement in rotation of the valve element relative to the shaft and urges the valve element into the neutral position, wherein the coupling mechanism has two springs which act in the peripheral direction of the shaft and which urge the associated valve element into the neutral position, and wherein the valve element associated to the coupling mechanism is provided with a stop, that at the shaft two abutments are provided, one of which is disposed on the one side and the other on the other side of the stop, and that one of the two springs is disposed between the one abutment and the stop and the other spring is disposed between the stop and the other abutment.