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Steering system for vehicles

  • US 4,598,788 A
  • Filed: 01/29/1985
  • Issued: 07/08/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/02/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A steering system for a vehicle having a vehicle body with a front wheel and a rear wheel, and a wheel suspending mechanism for suspending said front wheel and said rear wheel from said vehicle body, respectively, comprising:

  • a front wheel steering mechanism for steering said front wheel at an angle in accordance with a steering operation of a driver of said vehicle;

    a rear wheel steering mechanism for steering said rear wheel at an angle in accordance with a travelling state of said vehicle; and

    said rear wheel steering mechanism including first means for determining a steered angle correction quantity of said rear wheel in correspondence with a cushioning state of said wheel suspending mechanism, and second means for specifying said steering angle of said rear wheel in accordance with said steered angle correction quantity.

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