Method of calibrating power steering for uniform vehicle-to-vehi

Details Method of calibrating power steering for uniform vehicle-to-vehi Method of calibrating power steering for uniform vehicle-to-vehi

1990-10-24

1993-02-02

Chin, Gary

Boots, shoes, and leggings

36457104, 36457105, 180142, B62D 500

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051842971

ABSTRACT:
A power steering unit has an electromagnetic mechanism controlled by a computer-based controller for varying the steering effort in accordance with vehicle speed. The same controller is used to adjust the steering effort in accordance with a calibration value to obtain steering effort uniformity. The calibration value is obtained by applying a force to a vehicle wheel and measuring the resulting torque on the steering wheel (or vice versa) and comparing the resulting force to a standard. Any deviation from the standard is stored in the controller as a correction factor. Alternatively, the characteristics of the steering gear and the power steering pump are measured and encoded on the unit when manufactured and the encoded values are read after assembly in a vehicle and used to calculate the correction factor which is then stored in the controller.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4602695 (1986-07-01), Takeshima et al.
patent: 4674587 (1987-06-01), Suzuki et al.
patent: 4789041 (1988-12-01), Takeshima et al.
patent: 4913250 (1990-04-01), Emori et al.

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