Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle with hydraulically adjustable tie rod
- Patent Title (中): 车用液压可调拉杆
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Application No.: US220237Application Date: 1994-03-30
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Publication No.: US5489113APublication Date: 1996-02-06
- Inventor: David H. Torborg
- Applicant: David H. Torborg
- Applicant Address: MN Minnetonka
- Assignee: Ag-Chem Equipment Company, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Ag-Chem Equipment Company, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: MN Minnetonka
- Main IPC: B60B35/10
- IPC: B60B35/10 ; B62D7/20 ; B62D49/06
Abstract:
A tie rod assembly for a steering wheel structure for an agricultural vehicle such as a row crop applicator uses hydraulic cylinders to set the track width of the vehicle. The track width may be modulated between a minimum and a maximum track setting and modified until a desired track width is achieved while the vehicle is in motion and negotiating a turn without affecting toe-in settings. Toe-in settings are maintained by a closed loop series hydraulic system which further has the capability to reinitialize any toe-in setting to a preset condition in the event any hydraulic cylinder experiences cylinder drift.
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