Motor vehicles – Steering gear – With fluid power assist
Reexamination Certificate
2005-05-24
2005-05-24
Lerner, Avraham (Department: 3611)
Motor vehicles
Steering gear
With fluid power assist
C180S433000, C180S439000, C180S441000, C091S374000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06896093
ABSTRACT:
An integral power steering apparatus includes a stroke limiter. A piston defines two hydraulic chambers in a housing. A communicating passage, a first valve disposed between the first hydraulic chamber and the communicating passage, and a second valve disposed between the second hydraulic chamber and the communicating passage, are provided to serve for a stroke limiter, in addition to a hydraulic circuit for supplying hydraulic fluid to the two hydraulic chambers. The two valves each include a valve body having a bore and serving as a valve seat, a plunger slidably fitted within the bore of the valve body and serving as a valving element, and a spring disposed on the bottom of the bore of the valve body and biasing the plunger to be in contact with the valve body.
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Ishikawa Shogo
Takahashi Hideki
Foley & Lardner LLP
Lerner Avraham
Unisia JKC Steering Systems Co., Ltd.
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