Pressure reducing valve

A pressure reducing valve comprising:

• an end member;
• a housing directly attached to an external surface of the end member;
• a joint including a primary pressure chamber;
• a cylinder chamber having a secondary pressure chamber, wherein the joint is directly attached to the end member;
• a piston disposed in the cylinder chamber such that the piston reciprocates;
• a valve element that is coupled to the piston and opens and closes a valve seat, the valve element being disposed at a position closer to the secondary pressure chamber than the valve seat;
• a valve seat holder holding the valve seat and being movable together with the valve seat;
• a valve spring that biases the valve element in a direction in which the valve element is moved away from the valve seat;
• and
• a spring disposed in the primary pressure chamber of the joint, the spring biasing the valve seat in a direction in which the valve seat holder is moved away from the cylinder chamber toward a side opposite to the piston, wherein:
• the pressure reducing valve reduces a primary pressure of a fluid in the joint to a secondary pressure, the fluid flowing from the primary pressure chamber of the joint into the secondary pressure chamber of the cylinder chamber through clearance between the valve element and the valve seat,
• the valve seat is disposed in the primary pressure chamber, and the valve seat reciprocates in the same direction as a direction in which the valve element reciprocates, and
• as a difference between the primary pressure and the secondary pressure increases, the valve seat moves toward the secondary pressure chamber.