Motor vehicles – Compensating devices
Patent
1974-09-09
1976-02-03
Wood, Jr., M Henson
Motor vehicles
Compensating devices
60405, B62D 508
Patent
active
039359182
ABSTRACT:
A method and plural embodiments of apparatus for delivering a pressure-compensated supply of fluid to a hydraulic steering circuit, wherein first and second pumps are respectively operated by a vehicle engine and by a ground wheel when the vehicle is in motion, output fluid from the two pumps being simultaneously directed to the steering circuit by a control valve with inlet relief valve means modulating output pressure of the sources in response to operation of the control valve. One embodiment contemplates dual inlet relief valves for separately modulating output from the two pumps while another embodiment contemplates one of the pumps having a variable output.
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patent: 3424262 (1969-01-01), Kunz
patent: 3653209 (1972-04-01), Mac Duff
patent: 3719249 (1973-03-01), Becker
patent: 3838570 (1974-10-01), Marietta
Hicks Leon E.
Peterson Wayne A.
Schexnayder Lawrence F.
Caterpillar Tractor Co.
Pekar John A.
Wood, Jr. M Henson
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