Motor vehicles – Steering gear – With fluid power assist
Patent
1995-11-28
1998-06-02
Johnson, Brian L.
Motor vehicles
Steering gear
With fluid power assist
180414, 180403, B62D 506
Patent
active
057587400
ABSTRACT:
An automatic rear wheel self-centering device for four-wheel steering vehicles automatically performs the rear wheel self-centering operation when the steering mode of the vehicle returns from another steering mode to the standard steering mode. The device has a branch conduit branched from a conduit leading from the steering unit to the steering mode selection valve. A conduit control valve is mounted to the branch conduit and is changeable between a neutral position blocking the branch conduit, a first position connecting the branch conduit to one side chamber of the rear wheel steering cylinder and a second position connecting the branch conduit to the other side chamber of the cylinder. The spool of the conduit control valve moves synchronous with a linear movement of the piston of the rear wheel steering cylinder, thereby changing the position of the conduit control valve between the above three positions.
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Johnson Brian L.
Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd.
Savitt Gary
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