Patent ID: 7121553

Claim:
A bushing for a hydraulic valve, the bushing comprising: a bushing wall defining an interior of the bushing; the bushing wall having openings allowing passage of a hydraulic medium to and from the interior; wherein the openings have an opening wall that at least across a portion of a circumference of the opening wall is formed as a molded bevel; wherein several of the openings are arranged adjacent one another in a circumferential direction of the bushing; wherein the openings arranged adjacent one another in the circumferential direction, viewed in a cross-section of the bushing, have a first wall portion extending substantially radially and a second wall portion opposite the first wall portion, wherein the second wall portion is part of the molded bevel; wherein two of the openings neighboring one another in the circumferential direction are arranged such that the molded bevels are neighboring one another; wherein the molded bevels facing one another are positioned at an acute angle to a radial plane of the bushing wall, which radial plane is positioned centrally between the molded bevels neighboring one another; wherein the acute angle opens radially inwardly toward the interior.