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Power steering and limited slip differential system

  • US 5,301,766 A
  • Filed: 05/01/1991
  • Issued: 04/12/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/07/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A power steering and limited slip differential system comprising:

  • a main booster which generates a steering effort for front wheels;

    an auxiliary booster which generates a compensation steering effort for the front wheels;

    a directional control valve which has a pair of reaction chambers and which controls the direction of operating pressure oil which is supplied from a hydraulic pump to the main booster and concurrently discharged from the main booster to an oil reservoir;

    a pressure oil setting valve which sets the pressure of the operating pressure oil supplied to the main booster, and the pressure of compensating pressure oil supplied to the auxiliary booster and the reaction chambers of the directional control valve;

    injection pressure control valves which inject the compensating pressure oil into the reaction chambers of the directional control valve and the auxiliary booster in response to a vehicle speed and a manual steering force applied at the beginning of steering into a turn and the beginning of steering out of a turn, and concurrently controls the pressure of the injected compensation pressure oil;

    a friction clutch disposed between a differential case of a differential gear mechanism and a driving wheel axle for rear wheels;

    a clutch control air cylinder for coupling and decoupling the friction clutch; and

    an air pressure control valve which charges and discharges operating compressed air to and from the clutch control air cylinder in response to the vehicle speed and the steering angle of the front wheels, and further in response to the slipping of at least one of the rear wheels, and controls the air pressure of the clutch control air cylinder.

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