Patent ID: 7559336

Claim:
A pressure limiting valve, said valve comprising: a spool with spool lands that include spool flow control edges, a housing including a spool-receiving bore for slidably receiving the spool and having axially spaced first and second inflow and outflow grooves that are each connected to a common inlet line and that include respective first and second groove flow control edges for controlling flow within and through the valve, wherein outflows from the first and second grooves flow into a common outfeed line, a hydraulic resistance which is connected in series with a first groove control edge that is adjacent to a first spool control edge of the spool for controlling flow through the first groove, wherein the hydraulic resistance is positioned behind the first groove control edge in the direction of flow, and wherein the second groove control edge and second groove are connected in parallel to the first groove control edge and first groove in the direction of flow through the valve.