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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8087489 | Articulated construction vehicle including a lever-operated electrical Control device An articulated construction vehicle is provided with an articulated, self-propelled body, body-articulating hydraulic cylinders for articulating the self-propelled body, a pilot-operated directional control valve for controlling a flow of pressure oil to the body-ar... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7971679 | Power steering system A power steering system for a vehicle is described, wherein a magnetic or electromagnetic actuator, which can be acted on via a controller, is associated with a torsion bar connected to a steering wheel, and by which the torsional stiffness of the system is variable... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7891458 | Steering system for engineering vehicle A priority valve 7 is disposed between a hydraulic pump 2 and a steering valve 4 and is used to supply priority steering cylinders 103a and 103b with pressurized oil discharged from the hydraulic pump 2 by cont... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7854292 | Power assisted steering system with an auxiliary electric pump A power assist steering system for a vehicle, especially for a truck or commercial vehicle, is disclosed that includes a mechanical engine-driven power steering pump that pumps hydraulic fluid to a power steering unit, and an electrical pump adapted to pump hydrauli... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7798282 | Power assisted steering system A hybrid electrical power assist system (EPAS) for an automotive vehicle that utilizes the advantages of a conventional EPAS system to provide power assist based upon several distinct sensor inputs, in a heavy duty vehicle that requires significantly more assistance... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7735596 | Power steering apparatus A power steering apparatus includes a hydraulic power cylinder, and a reversible pump driven by a motor and connected by left and right fluid passages with left and right pressure chambers of the power cylinder. The first and second fluid passages are so arranged th... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7730993 | Power steering device In a power steering device, a hydraulic power cylinder is configured to assist a steering force of a steering mechanism linked to steerable road wheels, a pump is configured to supply a hydraulic pressure to respective pressure chambers of the hydraulic power cylind... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7665569 | Power steering system A power steering system includes a hydraulic power cylinder having a first and a second hydraulic chambers, for assisting a steering force of a steering mechanism, a first and a second oil passages respectively connected to the first and second hydraulic chambers, a... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7648003 | Power steering system In a power steering system comprising a power cylinder for assisting a steering power of a steering mechanism, a hydraulic pump for supplying a hydraulic pressure to the power cylinder, a first oil passage and a second oil passage connecting the power cylinder and t... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7617906 | Hydraulic steering system with a variable flow device An apparatus (10) for turning steerable wheels (12, 14) of a vehicle in response to turning of a steering wheel (18) of the vehicle. The apparatus includes a hydraulic power steering gear, which does not include a rotary valve responsive to a st... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7584816 | Power steering apparatus There is provided a power steering system including an electric motor for generating a steering force in response to an command value, and a controller for generating the command value to the electric motor. Here, the controller generates the command value in corres... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7438154 | Automotive steering rack stroke adjusting device An automotive steering rack stroke adjusting device is disclosed that detects a change in a gap defined between steerable wheels and a vehicle body depending on a change in the stroke of the steerable wheels using a vehicle height sensor, and automatically adjusts t... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7434654 | Electric preload for variable effort steering system A power steering system for a vehicle includes a hydraulic system for controlling resistance of a steering wheel. A valve of the hydraulic system is connected to a coil which varies positioning of the valve. A method for controlling the resistance of the steering wh... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7434655 | Power steering system A power steering system includes first and second communication passages for providing communication between a first oil passage and a second oil passage, a third communication passage for providing communication between the first and second communication passages, ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7434653 | On-demand electro-hydraulic steering system A hydraulic steering system for a work machine may include a first steering actuator having a first and a second chamber. In addition, the steering system may include a second steering actuator having a third and a fourth chamber. A multi-position directional valve ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7428944 | Drive train for a compressor and a hydraulic pump A drive train for a compressor and a hydraulic pump of a motor vehicle, and a method of use are described. The system includes a hydraulic power steering system, an electric superimposed steering system for providing steering assistance, and a motor vehicle drive mo... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7407034 | Method, device and computer program product for controlling the steering of a vehicle Method and device for controlling a vehicle's operation by sensing a vehicle driver's operation of a control element of the vehicle, and the steering angle of the vehicle being regulated depending on the operation of the control element. The speed of the vehicle is ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7389848 | Hydraulic power steering assistant The invention generally relates to an improvement of conventional Hydraulically Power Assisted Steering system (HPAS-system) arranged to supply a steering assist force to the steering assembly of a vehicle as a response to a torque applied by a driver to the steerin... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7387186 | Power steering apparatus A power steering apparatus includes a hydraulic power cylinder, a reversible pump including a first outlet connected with a first pressure chamber of the power cylinder through a first fluid passage, and a second outlet connected with a second pressure chamber of th... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7383111 | Steering apparatus A steering apparatus for a vehicle includes a steering angle measuring unit, a vehicle speed measuring unit, a yaw rate measuring unit, a yaw rate-based reaction force control unit for controlling a steering reaction force depending on an actual yaw rate measured by... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7370635 | System and method for resolving electrical leads A control system for controlling a device, the device having at least two functional elements, each functional element being controlled by a control signal, is disclosed in the present disclosure. The control system may include detecting means operatively connected ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7364004 | Apparatus for use in turning steerable vehicle wheels An apparatus (10) for use in turning steerable vehicle wheels (14, 16) includes a hydraulic power steering motor (12). A pump (26) is operable to supply hydraulic fluid to the power steering motor (12). A gearset (50) is con... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364006 | Steering system with leads and pulls compensation A power assist steering system including a valve housing and a proportional control valve supported within the valve housing, further includes a pressure transducer arranged with respect to the proportional control valve for determining an amount of actuation of the... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363134 | Power steering apparatus A power steering apparatus according to the present invention is constructed to calculate a rate of change of steering speed detected by steering speed detecting means and judge whether the calculated rate of change is smaller than or equal to 0 or not, and reduce a... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357215 | Steering apparatus for electric industrial vehicle A controller controls right and left wheel drive motors based on a tire angle detected by a tire angle sensor such that the angular velocities of a pair of drive wheels about the center of a turn of the vehicle are equal to each other. The controller determines a st... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7350616 | Power steering pump having electronic bypass control A power steering pump comprises a housing that includes a bore, a fluid discharge port that supplies pumped fluid into the bore, and a fluid bypass port for recycling excess fluid to the pumping elements. The pump outlet is at one end of the bore. A flow control val... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7337872 | Hydraulic power assisted steering system A hydraulic power steering system with a steering gear and a hydraulic actuator for supporting a steering wheel actuation by the driver of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, includes components for actively applying an additional steering torque, the componen... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7325645 | Power steering device A first fluid passage extends from a first outlet/inlet port of a hydraulic pump to a first work chamber of a power cylinder, and a second fluid passage extends from a second outlet/inlet port of the pump to a second work chamber of the power cylinder. A switch syst... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7315773 | Vehicle motion control method and vehicle motion control apparatus This invention provides a vehicle motion control method and a vehicle motion control apparatus capable of improving the behavior stability of a vehicle. According to the vehicle motion control method, vehicle steering characteristic is determined based on a behavior... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311172 | Straddle carrier with power steering A steering system for a straddle carrier includes two side supports with steerable wheels, braces, a hoisting gear, an an upper frame. An operator's cab having a steering wheel is disposed at the upper frame. A servo motor with an inverter is mounted in operative co... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305901 | Rack-and-pinion steering A rack-and-pinion steering system, in particular for a motor vehicle, has a steering housing and a pinion which is inserted into the steering housing If. A rack whose toothing engages with the pinion is mounted so as to be axially displaceable in the steering housin... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7306072 | Hydraulic power-assisted steering system The invention relates to a hydraulic power-assisted steering system comprising a steering gear and a hydraulic actuator for assisting actuation of the steering wheel by the driver of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, comprising an electric motor which is cou... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7305300 | Closed pedal deceleration control A system and method for controlling an internal combustion engine in a vehicle include controlling the engine to achieve a desired vehicle speed/deceleration when the accelerator pedal is released. A desired vehicle deceleration may be determined based on current tr... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303044 | Electro-hydraulic power steering assist system for an automobile An electro-hydraulic power steering system for a vehicle includes a booster pump rotated by an electric motor, under control of a computer, as a function of a signal representing speed of the vehicle and a signal representing rate of steering wheel angle change. The... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7293626 | Apparatus and method for steering a vehicle A steering system for a vehicle may include a load displacement system allowing transient loads of the steering mechanism to be displaced. The steering system may also include a first coupling mechanism coupling an electric motor to a rack housing, and a second coup... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7287550 | Assembly consisting of a valve member and adjustment device for a vehicle servo-steering arrangement An assembly consists of a valve shaft, a valve member and an adjusting device which can alter the angle alignment of the valve member relative to the valve shaft. ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7278512 | Variable gear ratio hydraulic power steering device A variable gear ratio hydraulic power steering device 1 is provided with a variable ratio transmission mechanism 7 having a drive motor 70; a flow volume control valve 41 for controlling the discharge flow volume of an oil pump 10 ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7272478 | Control system for active attenuation of torque-steer via electric power steering The present invention provides a device for dynamically counteracting torque steer which includes a processor adapted to calculate a correction factor from a calculated axle torque on front wheel drive half shafts of the vehicle. A power circuit is provided responsi... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7268988 | Apparatus and method for detecting rotation In a rotation detection apparatus, a rotation-angle detector detects a rotation angle of a rotating body based on an output signal generated by a resolver. An exciting-signal generation circuit supplies an exciting signal for exiting the resolver to generate the out... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7263943 | Outboard motor steering system In a boat having a seat, a steering wheel, and an outboard motor, an outboard motor steering system is provided, where the steering wheel is installed near the seat a steering angle sensor installed near the steering wheel for outputting a signal indicative of a ste... | 09/04/2007 |
