Steering system for automotive vehicles

Details Steering system for automotive vehicles Steering system for automotive vehicles

1996-08-09

1997-11-25

Dickson, Paul N.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Running gear

180 78, 180 79, 464 89, 464180, 74492, 74498, B62D 100, F16D 376

Patent

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056903618

ABSTRACT:
A steering system for an automotive vehicle provides an improved steering response characteristic and has has an elastic member which is included in a transmission path from a steering wheel to tires of the vehicle to be operated by the steering wheel, such as a steering column coupling which is elastically deformed according to the rotation of a steering column shaft, or a rack insulator for elastically supporting a rack housing of a rack/pinion steering mechanism. The elastic member is comprised of a spring element and a damping element of which the ratio C/K of the damping coefficient C to the spring constant K is such that C/K is greater than 1/(10.pi.).

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Eguchi et al., "The Development of a Rear-Wheel Steering System with Motor-Driven Servo Control," Automobile Technique Society, pp. 203-206, 1993.

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