A check valve for ABS and ASR applications having a valve body, said valve body includes a valve seat on one end and a recess embodied as an annular groove in an outer jacket face of said valve housing, CHECK VALVESa retaining element embodied as a retaining bracket, having at least two retaining arms having a T-shaped form and provided with arcuate curved end pieces on free ends which extend from a support face which supports an associated end of a valve spring, a valve element is prestressed against the valve seat by means of the valve spring, said valve spring is supported by the support face of said retaining element on one end of the valve spring remote from the valve element , Check Valvessaid valve element is pressed by said valve spring onto said valve seat, said arcuate curved end pieces substantially defining a circle having a radius substantially complementing said annular groove, which part is inside said retaining arms and adjacent to said annular groove, and the annular groove is embodied as an undercut with a relatively steep shoulder on one side of said undercut toward the support face of the retaining element, and for cooperation with the steep shoulder, Check Valves a radial inward protrusion is formed arScuate on the curved end pieces of the retaining arms and protrude inwardly in said annular groove and toward said steep shoulder to resiliently lock said retaining element onto said valve body.

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