Patent ID: 8365763

Claim:
A pilot-controlled pressure limiting valve with a control element ( 10 ) that may be acted upon in the opening direction, against a first control surface ( 41 ), by a pressure which is to be limited, and that may be acted upon in the closing direction by a spring ( 16 ) and, against a second control surface ( 33 , 34 ), by a control pressure that exists in a control pressure chamber ( 14 ), and with a precontrol valve ( 21 , 22 ), via which the pressure present in the control pressure chamber ( 14 ) may be limited, it being possible to supply control fluid to the control pressure chamber ( 14 ) through the control element ( 10 ) via a control fluid nozzle ( 48 ), wherein, in front of the first control surface ( 41 ), a plate ( 38 ) is held on the control element ( 10 ), a gap ( 50 ) is formed between the plate ( 38 ) and the first control surface ( 41 ) with a predefined gap dimension, and the gap ( 50 ) is located upstream of the control fluid nozzle ( 48 ), wherein the gap forms an annular tap point for the control fluid between an outer edge of the plate ( 38 ) and the first control surface ( 41 ).