Patent ID: 6948514

Claim:
In combination with a moveable spool therein a pressure control valve and having a spool dampening chamber comprising: (a) a valve body, adapted for insertion in a fluid ported cavity in a device to be controlled, with an inlet, a control pressure outlet and an exhaust port communicating with a valving bore therein; (b) a valve spool disposed in the valving chamber and moveable therein for controlling flow from the inlet to the control pressure outlet and the exhaust outlet; (c) a fluid filled dampening reservoir formed in the body and having a bleed port therein for limited flow therethrough for providing dampening of said spool movement; (d) a cap disposed over said bleed port and forming a baffled path for fluid flow through said bleed port for minimizing fluid drain from said reservoir upon said supply port being starved; and, (e) a solenoid operator attached to said body and operable for effecting the spool movement.