Power steering apparatus

Details Power steering apparatus Power steering apparatus

1995-06-06

1998-04-21

Johnson, Brian L.

Motor vehicles

Steering gear

With fluid power assist

180441, 180442, B62D 506

Patent

active

057408793

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle speed responsive power steering apparatus enables a pressure which acts upon a power cylinder to be variably controlled in accordance with a vehicle speed or the like, thus allowing an assisting force to be controlled in a variable manner. A control valve CV selectively connects a pump P and a tank T to left and right chambers CL, CR of a power cylinder. The control valve comprises a first and a second fluid pressure bridge circuit 10, 20. The first fluid pressure bridge circuit includes a left and a right path 12, 13, in which a first and a second pair of variable throttles 1R, 1L and 2L, 2R are disposed which are opened or closed in response to a steering operation. The left and the right chamber of the cylinder are connected to the respective paths at the junctions between the variable throttles. A pair of paths 21, 22 branch from a supply path 11 extending from the pump, and a second fluid pressure bridge circuit is defined between the paths 21, 22, in parallel relationship with the first fluid pressure bridge circuit. The second fluid pressure bridge circuit includes variable throttles 3L, 3R, 4R, 4L which are opened and closed in response to a steering operation, and a vehicle speed responsive variable throttle valve 6 which is controlled to be opened or closed in accordance with a vehicle speed.

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