Vehicle steering and auxiliary function hydraulic circuit

Claim 1

A priority valve for inclusion in a hydraulic circuit, said priority valve for branching fluid delivered by said hydraulic circuit to said priority valve to priority users and non-priority users, said priority valve: a valve body defining a valve bore, a valve spool slidably mounted in said valve bore, and a plurality of port intersecting to said valve bore being specifically an inlet port, a priority user outlet port, a non-priority user outlet port and a priority load sensing port, first means for restricting motion of said valve spool to a first position allowing fluid communication between said inlet port and said priority user outlet port and also said non-priority user outlet port, and second means for restricting motion of said valve spool to a second position allowing fluid communication between said inlet port and said priority user outlet port; and a load sensing conduit fluidly communicates with said priority users and said priority user load sensing port to provide an additional source of fluid to said priority valve only when said valve spool occupies said second position, said additional fluid to act collectively with said first means, wherein the improvement comprises: said valve body further having a switch port intersecting to said valve bore; a switch having an insulating material generally cylindrically and radially mating sized to be longitudinally press mounted in said switch port a pin extending generally centrally through said insulating material to have one intrude into said valve bore at a right angle and to contact said valve spool at said angle when said spool occupies said second position, a plug fixably mounted to said valve body; a screw extending into said plug having one end in abutting contact with the other end of said pin, the other end of said screw extending beyond said valve body; a second insulating material sandwiched between said plug and a portion off said screw to fixably maintain said screw insulated from said valve body; and, electric circuit means for providing an audible warning when said pin is in contact with said valve spool, said electrical circuit means being in electrical communication with said electrical switch.