Patent ID: 7757713

Claim:
Hydraulic valve, comprising: a valve housing, which has a first, a second and a third cutout, it being possible for a hydraulic medium to be fed via the first cutout, it being possible for the hydraulic medium to be fed to a pressure consumer via the second cutout, it being possible for the hydraulic medium to be fed to a pressure sink via the third cutout; and a valve body including, a first end portion on a first cutout side and a second end portion on a third cutout side, the first end portion including a cylindrical run-in-edge narrower than the first cutout and an undercut narrower than the cylindrical run-in-edge, first and second overlapping sections arranged between the first end portion and the second end portion and having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the first and third cutouts respectively for guiding the valve body into the respective cutouts, wherein the cylindrical run-in-edge is narrower than the first overlapping section and the undercut is arranged between the run-in-edge and the first overlapping portion, and a cylindrical central part arranged between the first and second overlapping sections having a diameter greater than the first and third cutouts and including, at one end, a first sealing seat and at another end, a second sealing seat, the valve body being capable of moving to and fro between at least three positions, in which case from a second position, the hydraulic medium passes from the first to the second cutout, in a first position, the hydraulic medium passes from the second to the third cutout, and in an intermediate position between the second position and the first position, the hydraulic medium passes from the first cutout to the second cutout wherein a constant flow cross section for the hydraulic medium through the first cutout is released by the valve body during a switching operation from the second position into the intermediate position over a fixed time span, in that a maximum flow cross section is achieved when the valve body is switched from the intermediate position into the first position, and in that the constant flow cross section differs from the maximum flow cross section.