Rear wheels steering apparatus for vehicles

Details Rear wheels steering apparatus for vehicles Rear wheels steering apparatus for vehicles

Filed on

1988-02-01

Date issued

1988-11-22

Examiner

Love, John J.

Patent Class

Land vehicles

SubClass

Wheeled

SubSubClass

Running gear

Other Related Categories

180140, 180152, B62D 714, B62D 506

Type

Patent

Status

active

Patent number

047860669

Description

ABSTRACT:
A rear wheels steering apparatus for vehicles including a left rear wheel steering device capable of shifting a left rear wheel in a toe-in direction, a right rear wheel steering device capable of shifting a right wheel in a toe-in direction, a steering operation detecting device for detecting a steering stage of the front wheels of the vehicle and a toe control device for actuating one of the left and right rear wheel steering devices to shift one of the left and right rear wheels in a toe-in direction at an initial steering stage of the front wheels in accordance with a detected signal of the steering operation detecting device and actuating at least the other of the left and right rear wheel steering devices to shift the other of the left and right rear wheels in a toe-in direction at a later steering stage of the front wheels in accordance with a detected signal of the steering operation detecting device. The apparatus permits to make it possible to meet requirements for different steering characteristics required at each steering stage of the front wheels for various kinds of vehicles.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4315555 (1982-02-01), Schritt
patent: 4335800 (1982-06-01), Arato

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