Patent ID: 8006719

Claim:
An electrohydraulic valve comprising: a valve body with a bore and having a two ports in communication with the bore; a spool slideably received within the bore of the valve body and a passage therein which selectively connects and disconnects the two ports in different positions of the spool in the bore; and an actuator having a solenoid coil assembly with a coil aperture therein and comprising an armature slideably received in the coil aperture, and a push member projecting from the armature into engagement with the spool, the actuator further includes a cage and a plurality of rollable elements held in the cage; wherein the cage is a single piece that comprises a first ring and a second ring spaced apart with a plurality of walls extending there between and forming a plurality of slots between adjacent walls within which the plurality of rollable elements are captured, and wherein the cage further comprises a latch that engages at least one of the push member and the armature to fasten the cage to the push member.