Motor vehicles – Including one or more ski-like or runner members – With at least one surface-engaging propulsion element
Patent
1986-01-27
1988-01-05
Mitchell, David M.
Motor vehicles
Including one or more ski-like or runner members
With at least one surface-engaging propulsion element
180 791, B62D 500
Patent
active
047169834
ABSTRACT:
A steering system has annular pressure responsive electric components, such as piezo-electric transducers, mounted between thrust and restraining faces respectively, the transducers respond to a mechanical load applied to them by generating or determining electrical signals which are proportional to the load, the signals are supplied to a comparator by way of electrical connections. The transducers are arranged in pairs on the axially opposed faces of a bearing, so that in response to an axial thrust applied to the bearing by an input shaft of a steering gear incorporated in the system, the signals provided by the transducers will change from a predetermined comparative condition, one signal increasing in response to the increased compressive load on one transducer, the other signal decreasing in response to a decrease in compressive load on the other transducer in the pair. The predetermined comparative condition is established by compressing the transducer pair during installation by means of a retaining cap, which is screw threadedly connected to a housing. The changes in the electrical signal enable the comparator to determine the magnitude and direction of the thrust and to use this information for monitoring or control purposes.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2930247 (1960-03-01), Zinn
patent: 4223254 (1980-09-01), Adams
patent: 4366768 (1983-01-01), Kulischenko
patent: 4437531 (1984-03-01), Urabe
Adams Frederick J.
Chandler Kenneth
Diederiks, Jr. Everett G.
Mitchell David M.
TRW Cam Gears Limited
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