Flow control valve

A flow control valve comprising:

• a housing;
• a main valve chamber provided in the housing;
• a main valve slidably provided in the main valve chamber and having a valve portion;
• a main valve seat provided on one end side of the main valve chamber and communicating or shutting off hydraulic fluid by allowing the valve portion of the main valve to be separated from and seated on the main valve seat;
• an inlet side flow passage providing pressure in the direction away from the main valve seat for the main valve and introducing hydraulic fluid from the outside of the main valve chamber to the inside of the main valve chamber;
• an outlet side flow passage introducing hydraulic fluid from the inside of the main valve chamber to the outside of the main valve chamber when the main valve is separated from the main valve seat and providing pressure in the direction away from the main valve seat for the main valve;
• a back pressure chamber provided on other end side of the main valve chamber and providing pressure in the direction coming closer to the main valve seat for the main valve;
• a feedback flow passage provided in the main valve and communicating the inlet side flow passage and the back pressure chamber;
• a pilot flow passage provided in the housing and communicating the back pressure chamber and the outlet side flow passage;
• a main valve throttle provided in the main valve and increasing the opening amount between the inlet side flow passage and the outlet side flow passage as the main valve is displaced in the direction away from the main valve seat;
• a feedback throttle provided between the feedback flow passage and the back pressure chamber and increasing the opening amount between the feedback flow passage and the back pressure chamber as the main valve is displaced in the direction away from the main valve seat;
• a pilot valve slidably provided in the housing;
• and
• a pilot throttle provided in the pilot valve and decreasing or increasing the opening amount of the pilot flow passage as the pilot valve is displaced, wherein
• in the flow control valve having a flow rate control function variably controlling the flow rate from the inlet side flow passage to the outlet side flow passage by controlling the displacement amount of the main valve, depending on the opening amount of the pilot throttle, characterized in that:
• the feedback throttle has at least one or more boundary portions that divide a section where the opening amount of the feedback throttle changes such that a ratio of change in the opening amount of the feedback throttle to a displacement of the main valve in the direction coming closer to the main valve seat becomes smaller, wherein
• at least one of the boundary portions is located in a displacement area of the main valve corresponding to a position where an opening portion of the main valve throttle is shut off with respect to the displacement of the main valve in the direction coming closer to the main valve seat, or in a displacement section of the main valve closer to the main valve seat than the displacement area.