Patent classifications
B62D7/00
POWER STEERING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE
A power steering system includes a pair of wheel steering mechanisms configured to turn a pair of steered wheels of a vehicle, and a coupling mechanism coupling the steered wheels and coupling the wheel steering mechanisms including operating-side and nonoperating-side mechanisms. The operating-side mechanism includes a drive shaft coupled to one end of the coupling mechanism and extending in an axial direction, and a steering operation member engaged with the drive shaft. The nonoperating-side mechanism includes a drive shaft coupled to the other end of the coupling mechanism and extending in an axial direction, and an electric assist device engaged with the drive shaft. The operating-side mechanism includes at least two operating-side stoppers respectively configured to limit right and left turns of the steered wheels. The nonoperating-side mechanism includes at least one nonoperating-side stopper configured to limit any one of right and left turns of the steered wheels.
POWER STEERING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE
A power steering system includes a pair of wheel steering mechanisms configured to turn a pair of steered wheels of a vehicle, and a coupling mechanism coupling the steered wheels and coupling the wheel steering mechanisms including operating-side and nonoperating-side mechanisms. The operating-side mechanism includes a drive shaft coupled to one end of the coupling mechanism and extending in an axial direction, and a steering operation member engaged with the drive shaft. The nonoperating-side mechanism includes a drive shaft coupled to the other end of the coupling mechanism and extending in an axial direction, and an electric assist device engaged with the drive shaft. The operating-side mechanism includes at least two operating-side stoppers respectively configured to limit right and left turns of the steered wheels. The nonoperating-side mechanism includes at least one nonoperating-side stopper configured to limit any one of right and left turns of the steered wheels.
Sliding kingpin assembly for use in vehicles
Disclosed is a truck comprising a hanger having a first pivot support and a second pivot support and an axis of rotation passing through the first pivot support and the second pivot support, a base having a structure providing the first pivot support, a pivot arm attached to the base providing the second pivot support, a pivot bushing passing through an aperture of the base, a kingpin passing through the pivot bushing, the base, and the hanger, and a locknut arranged at an end of the kingpin. In at least one example embodiment the first and second pivot support structures prevent an axis of rotation of the hanger from moving as the locknut is moved along the kingpin.
System and method for detecting a steering engagement by a driver
A method for detecting a steering engagement by a driver in a vehicle without a steering wheel sensor system, in which at least one steering sensor associated with a steering system of the vehicle, which sensor is associated either with the steering wheel or with a steering linkage of the vehicle, is used to capture a first application of force into the steering system of the vehicle, in which at least one chassis sensor associated with at least one chassis component of the vehicle is used to capture a second application of force onto the at least one chassis component.
System and method for detecting a steering engagement by a driver
A method for detecting a steering engagement by a driver in a vehicle without a steering wheel sensor system, in which at least one steering sensor associated with a steering system of the vehicle, which sensor is associated either with the steering wheel or with a steering linkage of the vehicle, is used to capture a first application of force into the steering system of the vehicle, in which at least one chassis sensor associated with at least one chassis component of the vehicle is used to capture a second application of force onto the at least one chassis component.
Connecting arrangement between joint partners in the chassis region of a vehicle that can be braced separably against one another
A connecting arrangement is provided between joining partners which are braced separably against each other in the chassis region of a vehicle, wherein the joining partners are braced against each other via their contact surfaces by at least one releasable fastening element. Hard particles are applied to the contact surface at least of one of the joining partners before the production of the connecting arrangement and therefore before the bracing mounting of the joining partners and of the fastening element. The hard particles at least partially project into the respectively other contact surface as a result of the bracing mounting. The hard particles are applied so as to be at least approximately abrasion-proof, for example by a blasting process.
VEHICLE WHEEL HAVING A SUSPENSION AND A STEERING DEVICE
A vehicle wheel having a suspension and a steering device is capable of not only simplifying a driving system but also reducing the number of parts and reducing weight. The vehicle wheel includes a suspension combined with a damper and a spring in a housing of a stator of an in-wheel motor embedded in each wheel of a vehicle and a steering device directly connected to the suspension.
METHOD FOR MOUNTING A SLEEVE ON A STEERING GEAR
A method of assembling a flexible sleeve on a steering gear, wherein the steering gear has a receptacle pin which protrudes axially in the direction of a longitudinal axis and from which a tie rod protrudes in a manner so as to be articulated relative to the longitudinal axis, and the sleeve has a flexible hose-shaped bellows which toward the gear has an annular connecting flange that is configured so as to be coaxial with a flange axis and toward the tie rod has an annular seal.
Electric work vehicle
An electric work vehicle of the present invention includes a left drive wheel and a right drive wheel that are supported to a vehicle body, a left motor that drives the left drive wheel and a right motor that drives the right drive wheel, a traveling motor control unit that controls the left motor and the right motor independently based on steering signals from a steering unit, and a turn response enhancement unit. The turn response enhancement unit gives, to the traveling motor control unit, additional control amounts for the left motor and the right motor so as to improve turning response during turning of the vehicle body.
Wheel carrier for a suspension of a motor vehicle
Disclosed is a wheel carrier for a suspension of a motor vehicle; and a motor vehicle comprising the wheel carrier. In a preferred system, the wheel carrier comprises a first carrier segment configured to carry a wheel of the motor vehicle at a wheel center; and a second carrier segment configured to couple the first carrier segment with a vehicle body of the motor vehicle. The second carrier segment comprises at least one groove, and the first carrier segment comprises for each groove a corresponding sliding pin configured to slidingly engage the respective groove such that the pin slides along the groove under vertical and/or horizontal displacements of the wheel center with respect to the second carrier segment.