摘要:
A vehicular power steering system is provided with a steering effort control system which controls the degree of power assistance by controlling the supply of hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic power actuator unit. The steering effort control system monitors the speed of the vehicle and the angular velocity of the steering wheel, and controls the quantity of the fluid supply in accordance with the monitored variables. The fluid supply quantity is determined so as to satisfy the following three conditions: (1) The steering must become heavier as the vehicle speed increases; (2) however, a sufficient amount of the fluid must be supplied even when the steering wheel is turned rapidly; and (3) the driver must be given a feel about the lateral acceleration of the vehicle during a turn.
摘要:
A steering control apparatus for a power-assisted vehicle steering system for a vehicle, comprising a steering pressure pump, a power cylinder, a pressure control valve operative to direct fluid under pressure from the pump to the power cylinder to develop in the cylinder a differential fluid pressure to produce a controlled degree of hydraulic steering assistance, and a fluid flow control valve bypassing the pressure control valve between the suction and delivery ports of the pump, wherein the differential fluid pressure to be developed in the power cylinder or the flow rate of the fluid to be discharged through the flow control valve is variable in two or more different basic modes in each of which the differential fluid pressure or the fluid flow rate is further continuously variable so that the vehicle driver is enabled to steer the vehicle with a manual steering effort continuously variable with, for example, the vehicle speed.
摘要:
A steering pressure control apparatus for a power-assisted steering system for a vehicle including a steering power cylinder to develop a steering assistance fluid pressure, comprising a detecting unit operative to detect a state in which the steering wheel is held in an angular position turned from the straight-ahead position thereof through an angle smaller than a predetermined value and to produce an output signal when the that predetermined state is detected; and a control unit responsive to the output signal from the detecting unit and operative to control the steering assistance fluid pressure to be developed in the steering power cylinder so that the steering assistance fluid pressure is lower or higher in the presence of the signal than in the absence of the signal.
摘要:
An input shaft and an output shaft can rotate relative to each other. Pressure supplied to a pressure-responsive actuator depends on the axial position of a movable valve member. A transmission arrangement serves to move the valve member only in the axial direction as the input and output shafts rotate relative to each other. The valve member and each of the input and output shafts are wholly outside one another.
摘要:
In a vehicle the steering system includes a steering gear housing transversely mounted relative to the vehicle body by means of a plurality of gear housing mount insulators. Each of the gear housing mount insulators elastically supports the gear housing in such a manner as to allow transverse displacement of the gear housing with respect to the vehicle body. A damper is provided to restrain the transverse displacement allowed by the gear housing mount insulators.
摘要:
This automotive vehicle power-steering system can positively compensate for resistance to the return of a steering linkage from an operating position to its neutral rest position after the vehicle turns a corner, and can enhance a steerability of the vehicle. The system includes a controller ordering a power-assist actuator to reduced the steering angular deviation of a steering wheel to zero when the controller receives a zero-level signal from a steering torque sensor and non-zero-level signal from a steering angular deviation sensor. The method for the system includes a step of controlling the power-assist actuator to generate a return-assist force counteracting the resistance and variable according to vehicle conditions.
摘要:
In a vehicular power steering system, the hydraulic fluid supply to a hydraulic power actuator is controlled in accordance with the vehicle speed and the angular velocity of the steering wheel. Preferably, the fluid supply is reduced so that the steering effort becomes heavier as the vehicle speed increases while the fluid supply is increased when the angular velocity of the steering wheel is high. To control the fluid supply, there is provided, in a power steering system, a bypass valve means for draining a portion of the fluid flow to bypass the power actuator, and control means for producing a control signal to control the bypass valve means in accordance with the vehicle speed and the angular velocity of the steering wheel.
摘要:
A control apparatus for a power-assisted vehicle steering system, comprising a power cylinder having two pressure-acting chambers, a control valve having inlet and outlet ports respectively communicable with a pump and a fluid reservoir and selectively with the inlet and outlet ports, a pressure compensating valve having an inlet port communicating with the pressure-acting chambers, outlet and control ports and a valve member for varying the degree of communication between the inlet and outlet ports, the fluid pressure in the inlet port being variable with the fluid pressure from the pump and urging the valve member to move in one direction and a spring urging the valve member to move in the other direction to maintain constant the differential pressure between the inlet and outlet ports, and a pressure reducing valve having an inlet port communicating with the outlet port of the compensating valve, a discharge port communicating with the reservoir and the control port of the compensating valve and a valve member to vary the degree of communication between the inlet and discharge ports of the reducing valve, the fluid pressure in the discharge port being directed to the control port and developing therein the fluid pressure urging the valve member of the compensating valve for movement in the said other direction, the valve member of the reducing valve being responsive to a signal variable with vehicle speed.
摘要:
A control apparatus for a power-assisted steering system, comprising a power cylinder having pressure acting chambers respectively communicating with the control ports of a pressure control valve having inlet and outlet ports respectively communicable with the delivery and suction ports of a pump, and first and second flow control valves each having an inlet port and a discharge port communicating with the suction port of the pump, each flow control valve including a control pressure acting chamber communicating with a pressure acting chamber of the power cylinder to develop a differential pressure variable with a differential pressure between the pressure acting chambers of the cylinder, and a valve member movable in response to the differential pressure acting thereon and urged to provide communication between the inlet and discharge ports of each flow control valve, the inlet port of the first flow control valve being in constant communication with the delivery port of the pump and the inlet port of the pressure control valve, the inlet port of the second flow control valve being in constant communication with the outlet port of the pressure control valve, the valve member of each flow control valve being operative to block the communication between the inlet and discharge ports of the valve when the differential pressure is higher than a predetermined value, the second flow control valve further comprising a bypass providing constant communication between the outlet port of the pressure control valve and the suction port of the pump independently of the valve member.
摘要:
An inventive electrical motor-assisted power-steering system is compact while still providing adequate steering assist force. The system can also act as a manual steering system in the event of failure of an electrical motor. The system includes a steering gear with a shaft rotated manually via a steering shaft, a worm driven by the electrical motor operating in response to rotation of the steering shaft, and a worm wheel fixed to the steering gear shaft and meshing with the worm. The lead angle of the worm is selected to be larger than the friction angle between the worm and the worm wheel so that the worm wheel can drive the worm freely if the motor should fail.