Patent ID: 7921878

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a control valve for use in a fluid system to control the delivery of pressurized fluid to a fluid operated device, comprising the steps of: assembling a control valve that includes: a control valve body having a fluid inlet that may be connected to a source of pressurized fluid and a first work fluid outlet that may be connected to the fluid operated device for supplying pressurized fluid to the fluid operated device; a valve member movable in said valve body in a first direction from a null position to a first full flow position for supplying flow of pressurized fluid from a first feed passage to the first work fluid outlet along a first flow path, the valve member having a first output flow metering edge for metering such flow of pressurized fluid through the first flow path as a function of the position of the valve member in the valve body; and a first load sense signal shaping device responsive to the position of the valve member, the first shaping device providing for initial flow from the first feed passage to the first work fluid outlet through a first shaping device flow passage within the valve member during movement of the valve member from the null position to the first full flow position so as to produce an initial boost pressure, the first shaping device flow passage within the valve member being separate from the first flow path and having an upstream end opening to an outer surface of the valve member at a location upstream of the first output flow metering edge and a downstream end portion opening to an outer surface of the valve member at a location downstream of the first output flow metering edge, and wherein a first flow restrictor is disposed in the first shaping device flow passage for producing the initial boost pressure; and tailoring the boost pressure profile through selection of at least one characteristic of the first load sense signal shaping device.