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Tilt correction system

  • US 5,161,822 A
  • Filed: 11/26/1990
  • Issued: 11/10/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/26/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a vehicle with a steering assembly, a vehicle tilt correction system with tilt correction limitation, comprising:

  • a hydraulic signal source with means for coupling to the steering assembly for producing a hydraulic fluid signal indicating turn direction in response to operation of the steering assembly;

    at least one correction cylinder and piston assembly, the correction cylinder and piston assembly including a cylinder with a pair of hydraulic ports, a piston slideably disposed in the cylinder for movement between the ports, and means within the cylinder for shunting a hydraulic pressure component of the hydraulic fluid signal to one port of the pair of hydraulic ports in response to the position of the piston in the cylinder between the hydraulic ports; and

    a hydraulic circuit connecting the ports of the cylinder to the hydraulic signal source.

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