Patent ID: 7258136

Claim:
In a pressure regulator for a fuel supply system of an internal combustion engine, for regulating a fluid pressure, the pressure regulator containing a valve which includes a valve closing member ( 18 ) that is forced into the closing position against a valve seat ( 12 ) by the action of an angularly shaped valve leaf spring ( 16 ) having two elongated arms ( 22 , 24 ), one arm ( 22 ) of the valve leaf spring ( 16 ) being braced on the valve closing member ( 18 ) and the other arm ( 24 ) being braced on a support member ( 30 ) of a regulator housing ( 2 ), and in the region of its angled portion, the valve leaf spring ( 16 ) is fixed on a pin ( 26 ) supported in the regulator housing ( 2 ), and the support for the pin ( 26 ) in the regulator housing ( 2 ) includes side walls ( 36 ) of the regulator housing ( 2 ) that wrap around bearing bores ( 34 ) with parallel spacing and that extend substantially perpendicular to the pin ( 26 ), the improvement wherein the side walls ( 36 ) are overlapped at least in part by tabs ( 40 ) that are connected to the support member ( 30 ) of the regulator housing ( 2 ) and are provided with bearing bores ( 38 ) for the pin ( 26 ) which are coaxial relative to the bearing bores ( 34 ) in the side walls ( 36 ).