Patent ID: 8322499

Claim:
A flow-control valve for a hydraulic shock absorber, the valve comprising an axially movable slide having a body and a valve sleeve, an electromagnetic linear actuator for axial displacement of the slide and having a coil, a magnetic core, and a pole tube, a fixed guide body configured as a tube, fixed in the pole tube, and having an end pin, the valve sleeve being guided on the end pin of the guide body and cooperating with at least one valve opening formed in the wall of the guide body such that the flow cross section of the valve opening can be altered by axial movement of the valve sleeve the slide being mounted in the pole tube axially adjacent the core, and a bearing rib guiding the body of the slide with a clearance fit and fixed on a section of the pole tube surrounding the body between an end of the pole tube and the magnet core, the pole tube, the magnet core, and the bearing ring being surrounded by the coil of the linear actuator.