Pressure regulating valve for aircraft engine

1. A fluid pressure regulating valve for an aircraft engine, the valve having at least a first fluid inlet, a first bypass fluid outlet and a second fluid outlet, the valve comprising:

a valve housing having a first valve spool interior cavity;

a first fluid path within the valve housing from the fluid inlet to the first fluid outlet;

a second fluid path within the valve housing from the fluid inlet to the second fluid outlet;

a first valve spool mounted for reciprocal motion within the first valve spool cavity between a first position and a second position, the first valve spool having a second valve spool interior cavity and being spring-biased to its first position in which the first valve spool closes the first fluid path; and

a second valve spool mounted for reciprocal motion within the second valve spool cavity between a first position and a second position, the second valve spool being spring-biased to its first position to open the second fluid path concurrently with the first valve spool in its first position, the second valve spool closing the second fluid path at its second position when the first valve spool closes the first fluid path in its first position.

2. The valve as defined in claim 1 , wherein the position of the first valve spool regulates fluid pressure by varying a flow of fluid through the second fluid path, and the second fluid path being independent of the position of the second valve spool.

3. The valve as defined in claim 1 , wherein the valve comprises a first spool actuator mounted to the first valve spool and a second spool actuator mounted to the second valve spool, the first spool actuator generating a first actuating force in response to a first pressure differential and the second spool actuator generating a second actuating force in response to a second pressure differential.

4. The valve as defined in claim 3 , wherein the valve comprises a first compression spring generating a first preload force to spring bias the first valve spool, the preload force being opposite the first actuating force, the valve further comprising a second compression spring generating a second preload force to spring bias the second valve spool, the second preload force being opposite the second actuating force.

5. The valve as defined in claim 4 , wherein the first spool actuator and the second spool actuator each include a piston, at least a portion of one side of the first spool actuator piston being in fluid communication with one side of the second spool actuator piston through an internal channel longitudinally extending inside a portion of the second valve spool.

6. The valve as defined in claim 1 , wherein the first fluid path includes a first portion passing through a first annular chamber provided between an interior of the first valve spool cavity and a recessed segment of the first valve spool, and a second portion passing through a second annular chamber provided between an interior of the second valve spool cavity and a recessed segment of the second valve spool.

7. The valve as defined in claim 6 , wherein the first valve spool includes a port for providing a fluid communication between the first and the second annular chamber when the first valve spool port is in registry with the second annular chamber, the first valve spool port and the second annular chamber being out of registry when the first valve spool is at its first position and the second valve spool is at its second position.