Rack and pinion steering gear and vehicle fitted with same

Details Rack and pinion steering gear and vehicle fitted with same Rack and pinion steering gear and vehicle fitted with same

1982-09-24

1984-12-18

Mitchell, David M.

Motor vehicles

Including one or more ski-like or runner members

With at least one surface-engaging propulsion element

180154, B62D 506

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044886152

ABSTRACT:
A single-ended power assisted rack and pinion steering gear comprising a housing defining a cylinder, double-acting piston means reciprocable within said cylinder, said piston means including a piston rod one end of which is connectable to a wheel lever of a steerable road wheel of a vehicle to impart steering thereto, a pinion connectable to the steering control of a vehicle, a toothed rack one end of which is pivotally connected to the other end of the piston rod and the other end of which is free, means resiliently urging the toothed rack into meshing engagement with the pinion, and valve means associated with the pinion for directing fluid under pressure to one side or the other of the double acting piston means. The invention also provides a vehicle fitted with such a rack and pinion steering gear, the vehicle having a driving position adjacent the front and one side thereof and the rack and pinion steering gear extending laterally of the vehicle and having said one end of the piston rod connected to a wheel lever associated with the steerable road wheel on the opposite side of the vehicle to the driving position.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4172507 (1979-10-01), Millard

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