公开(公告)号：US4597462A

公开(公告)日：1986-07-01

申请号：US695955

申请日：1985-01-29

申请人： Shoichi Sano ,  Yoshimi Furukawa

发明人： Shoichi Sano ,  Yoshimi Furukawa

IPC分类号： B62D6/02 ,  B62D6/04 ,  B62D7/14 ,  B62D7/15 ,  B62D5/06

CPC分类号： B62D7/159 ,  B62D6/04

摘要： A steering system for a vehicle having a steerable front wheel (5) and a steerable rear wheel (11), in which the rear wheel is steered in accordance with a travelling state quantity (.alpha., .nu.) substantially influenced by a disturbance from outside of the vehicle and a vehicle speed (V) of the vehicle.

摘要翻译： 一种用于具有可转向前轮（5）和可转向后轮（11）的车辆的转向系统，其中所述后轮根据基本上受到来自外部的干扰的干扰的行驶状态量（α，nu）的转向 车辆和车辆的车速（V）。

公开(公告)号：US4592561A

公开(公告)日：1986-06-03

申请号：US575444

申请日：1984-01-31

申请人： Yoshimi Furukawa ,  Shoichi Sano

发明人： Yoshimi Furukawa ,  Shoichi Sano

IPC分类号： B60G7/00 ,  B60G7/02 ,  B62D7/15 ,  B62D5/10

CPC分类号： B60G7/02 ,  B60G7/006 ,  B62D7/1527 ,  Y10T74/1808

摘要： A steering system for vehicles comprising a steering wheel, a front steering sub-system including a drive pinion interlocked to be rotatable with the steering wheel, a rack shaft having a first rack engaged with the drive pinion and a second rack separated from the first rack, and a driven pinion engaged with the second rack; and a rear steering sub-system including an input shaft operatively connected to the driven pinion, an off-centered pin provided at one end of the input shaft, a pair of rear tie-rods adapted each respectively to turn either of the rear wheels, and a joint member relatively rotatably connected to the off-centered pin and both of the rear tie-rods. The joint member has a longitudinal axis thereof extending transversely of the vehicle. The axis of the off-centered pin is located substantially on the longitudinal axis. The rear tie-rods are connected to the joint member substantially on the longitudinal axis substantially at the same level as the axis of the off-centered pin.The steering system may further comprise an engagement adjustment mechanism for adjusting the engagement between at least either of the pinions and one of the racks associated therewith, the adjustment mechanism being constituted with a gear box having accommodated therein the drive pinion, the rack shaft, and the driven pinion, an off-centered ring being interposed between the inner circumference of the gear box and the outer circumference of the rack shaft, and a rotating mechanism for rotating the off-centered ring.

摘要翻译： 一种用于车辆的转向系统，包括方向盘，前转向子系统，包括互锁以与方向盘一起旋转的驱动小齿轮;齿条轴，具有与所述驱动小齿轮接合的第一齿条和与所述第一齿条分离的第二齿条 以及与所述第二齿条接合的从动小齿轮; 以及后转向子系统，包括可操作地连接到所述从动小齿轮的输入轴，设置在所述输入轴的一端的偏心销，分别适于分别转动所述后轮中的任一个的一对后拉杆， 以及联接构件，其相对可旋转地连接到所述偏心销和所述后连杆。 接头构件具有横向于车辆延伸的纵向轴线。 偏心销的轴线基本上位于纵向轴线上。 后拉杆基本上在纵向轴线处连接到接头构件，基本上与偏心销的轴线处于相同的高度。 转向系统还可以包括接合调整机构，用于调节至少一个小齿轮和与之相关联的一个齿条之间的接合，调节机构由容纳在其中的传动小齿轮，齿条轴和 所述从动小齿轮，位于所述齿轮箱的内周与所述齿条轴的外周之间的偏心环以及用于使所述偏心环旋转的旋转机构。

公开(公告)号：US4583172A

公开(公告)日：1986-04-15

申请号：US559336

申请日：1983-12-08

申请人： Yoshimi Furukawa ,  Shoichi Sano

发明人： Yoshimi Furukawa ,  Shoichi Sano

IPC分类号： G05D1/08 ,  G06F15/50

CPC分类号： G05D1/0891

摘要： A motor vehicle including a vehicle body, a front road wheel disposed in the front part of the vehicle body, a rear road wheel disposed in the rear part of the vehicle body, an engine for driving at least either of the front and rear road wheels, and a steering wheel for steering at least either of the front and rear road wheels. To facilitate the steering operation, the motor vehicle is improved by means of a transverse sliding angle detection system for detecting the transverse sliding angle of the vehicle body, and a moving direction display unit for visually displaying the moving direction of the vehicle body on the basis of an output of the transverse sliding angle detection system.

摘要翻译： 一种机动车辆，包括车身，设置在车身前部的前轮，设置在车身后部的后轮，用于驱动前车轮和后车轮中的至少一个的发动机 ，以及用于转向前后车轮中的至少一个的方向盘。 为了便于转向操作，通过用于检测车体的横向滑动角度的横向滑动角度检测系统来改善机动车辆，以及基于车辆的行驶方向可视地显示车身的移动方向显示单元 的横向滑动角度检测系统的输出。

公开(公告)号：US4566709A

公开(公告)日：1986-01-28

申请号：US659323

申请日：1984-10-10

申请人： Shoichi Sano

发明人： Shoichi Sano

IPC分类号： B62D6/02 ,  B60K31/06 ,  B62D7/14 ,  B62D7/15 ,  B62D7/00

CPC分类号： B62D7/1545

摘要： A steering system for vehicles in which the steered angle ratio (k) of a rear wheel (20) to a front wheel (7) is controllable by a control means (31) in accordance with the vehicle speed (u.sub.1), and the correction of the steered angle ratio in accordance with the vehicle speed (u.sub.1) is permitted under a predetermined condition only.The steering system has a speed control mechanism (35, 35) connected to the control means and controlled therewith, so that the vehicle speed (u.sub.1) is decreased or held constant when the relative deviation (u.sub.1 -u.sub.2) between the vehicle speed (u.sub.1) the vehicle actually has and a vehicle speed (u.sub.2) converted from the steered angle ratio (k) the vehicle actually has is larger than a predetermined value [f(u.sub.1)].

摘要翻译： 一种用于车辆的转向系统，其中后轮（20）与前轮（7）的转向角（k）可根据车速（u1）由控制装置（31）控制，并且校正 仅在预定条件下允许根据车速（u1）的转向角比。 转向系统具有连接到控制装置并受其控制的速度控制机构（35,35），使得当车速（u1-u1-u2）之间的相对偏差（u1-u2） ），并且从车辆实际具有的转向角度比（k）转换的车速（u2）大于预定值[f（u1）]。

公开(公告)号：US4557493A

公开(公告)日：1985-12-10

申请号：US658078

申请日：1984-10-05

申请人： Shoichi Sano ,  Yoshimi Fufukawa

发明人： Shoichi Sano ,  Yoshimi Fufukawa

IPC分类号： B62D7/14 ,  B62D7/15 ,  B62D7/00

CPC分类号： B62D7/1527 ,  Y10T74/18256

摘要： A steering device for a vehicle including a steering wheel, front wheels and a steering mechanism therefor, rear wheels and a steering mechanism therefor, a pair of rear wheel steering tie rods connecting the rear wheels with the rear wheel steering mechanism, and an operating shaft connecting the front wheel steering mechanism with the rear wheel steering mechanism, the rear wheels being steered along with the front wheels under a steering operation of the steering wheel. The rear wheel steering mechanism includes a crank member rotated under rotation of the operating shaft and extending in a radially outward direction of the operating shaft, and a connecting member having the ends thereof connected to the inner ends of the tie rods and extending in the width direction of the vehicle while being movable in such direction. Upon rotation of the crank member, the rear wheels are steered in the same direction as that of the front wheels during small steering angle operation of the steering wheel, and during large steering angle operation of the steering wheel the rear wheels are steered in a direction opposite to that of the front wheels or the steering angle of the rear wheels is reset to zero or near zero. By virtue of such arrangement, the tie rods may be shortened in accordance with a desired suspension characteristic.

摘要翻译： 一种用于车辆的转向装置，包括方向盘，前轮及其转向机构，后轮及其转向机构，连接后轮与后轮转向机构的一对后轮转向系杆以及操作轴 将前轮转向机构与后轮转向机构连接，在方向盘的转向操作下，后轮与前轮一起转向。 后轮转向机构包括在操作轴的旋转下旋转并在操作轴的径向向外方向上延伸的曲柄构件，以及连接构件，其连接构件的一端连接到拉杆的内端并以宽度 车辆的方向，同时可以沿这个方向移动。 在曲柄构件旋转时，在方向盘的小转向角操作期间，后轮在与前轮相同的方向上转向，并且在方向盘的大转向角操作期间，后轮被转向 与前轮相反或后轮的转向角重新设定为零或接近零。 通过这种布置，可以根据期望的悬挂特性来缩短连杆。

公开(公告)号：US4538824A

公开(公告)日：1985-09-03

申请号：US544433

申请日：1983-10-21

申请人： Yoshimi Furukawa ,  Shoichi Sano

发明人： Yoshimi Furukawa ,  Shoichi Sano

IPC分类号： B62D7/15 ,  B62D7/00

CPC分类号： B62D7/1527

摘要： A steering device for a vehicle having front and rear wheels. The device includes a front wheel turning mechanism operatively connected to a steering wheel and turning the front wheels at a steering angle proportional to a steering angle of the steering wheel, and a rear wheel turning mechanism for turning the rear wheels at a turning angle corresponding to a steering angle of the steering wheel. A first transmitting mechanism for moving the rear wheel turning member at a first rate corresponding to an amount of rotation of the input shaft and a second transmitting mechanism for moving the rear wheel turning member at a second rate corresponding to an amount of rotation of the input member, are disposed between the input member rotated in proportion to a steering angle of a steering wheel of the rear wheel turning means and a rear wheel turning member connected to tire-rods for turning the rear wheels.

摘要翻译： 一种用于具有前轮和后轮的车辆的转向装置。 该装置包括前轮转向机构，其可操作地连接到方向盘并以与方向盘的转向角成比例的转向角转动前轮;以及后轮转向机构，用于使后轮转向对应于 方向盘的转向角。 第一传动机构，用于以对应于输入轴的旋转量的第一速度移动后轮转动构件和用于以对应于输入的旋转量的第二速率移动后轮转动构件的第二传动机构 构件设置在与后轮转向装置的方向盘的转向角成比例地旋转的输入构件和连接到用于转动后轮的轮胎杆的后轮转向构件之间。

公开(公告)号：US4522417A

公开(公告)日：1985-06-11

申请号：US544438

申请日：1983-10-21

申请人： Shoichi Sano ,  Yoshimi Furukawa

发明人： Shoichi Sano ,  Yoshimi Furukawa

IPC分类号： B62D7/15 ,  B62D7/00

CPC分类号： B62D7/1527

摘要： A steering system for a vehicle having front and rear wheels. The steering system includes a steering wheel, a front wheel steering sub-system for steering the front wheels in accordance with the steering angle of the steering wheel, an angle take-out mechanism for taking out from the front wheel steering sub-system an angular displacement according to the steering of the steering wheel, and a pair of rear wheel turning mechanisms for respectively turning the rear wheels in accordance with two linear displacements, respectively, substantially in the transverse direction of the vehicle. Further, the steering system is provided with a function generating mechanism for generating a compound function of the angular displacement to determine the linear displacements.Favorable accommodation is achieved with respect to the peculiarity of the rear wheel steering.

摘要翻译： 一种用于具有前轮和后轮的车辆的转向系统。 转向系统包括方向盘，用于根据方向盘的转向角来转向前轮的前轮转向子系统，用于从前轮转向子系统取出角度的角度取出机构 根据方向盘的转向的位移以及分别基于车辆的横向方向分别按照两个线性位移来转动后轮的一对后轮转向机构。 此外，转向系统设置有用于产生角位移的复合函数的函数产生机构，以确定线性位移。 相对于后轮转向器的特性实现有利的调节。

公开(公告)号：US4522416A

公开(公告)日：1985-06-11

申请号：US407421

申请日：1982-08-12

申请人： Shoichi Sano ,  Yoshimi Furukawa

发明人： Shoichi Sano ,  Yoshimi Furukawa

IPC分类号： B62D7/15 ,  B62D7/00

CPC分类号： B62D7/1527

摘要： A vehicular steering system including a steering wheel, a front wheel steering mechanism for steering a front wheel according to steering amounts of the steering wheel, and a rear wheel steering mechanism for steering a rear wheel according to such steering amounts in the same direction as that of the front wheel when such steering amounts are relatively small and in a direction opposite to the steering direction of the front wheel when such steering amounts are relatively large. The rear wheel steering mechanism includes a crank member connected to the steering wheel, a movable member connected to the crank member, a restriction mechanism for restraining the movable member and permitting the latter to perform only restricted movements along a predetermined pattern, and an output mechanism interconnecting the movable member and the rear wheel for effecting the steering of the rear wheel according to components of motion in a predetermined direction of such restricted movements.The steering system is capable of steering front and rear wheels in the same direction in response to relatively small steering amounts of a steering wheel and in opposite directions in response to relatively large steering amounts of the steering wheel, and is provided in a compact construction.

摘要翻译： 一种车辆转向系统，包括方向盘，用于根据方向盘的转向量转向前轮的前轮转向机构，以及用于根据这样的转向量转向后轮的后轮转向机构 当这种转向量相对较小并且当这种转向量相对较大时在与前轮的转向方向相反的方向上的前轮。 后轮转向机构包括与方向盘连接的曲柄部件，与曲柄部件连接的可动部件，限制机构，用于限制可动部件，并允许后者仅沿预定图案执行有限的运动;以及输出机构 将可移动部件和后轮相互连接，以便根据这种受限运动的预定方向的运动部件来实现后轮的转向。 转向系统能够响应于方向盘的相对小的转向量并且响应于方向盘的相对较大的转向量而在相反方向上在相同方向上转向前轮和后轮，并且以紧凑的结构提供。

公开(公告)号：US4505491A

公开(公告)日：1985-03-19

申请号：US478699

申请日：1983-03-25

申请人： Shoichi Sano ,  Yoshimi Furukawa

发明人： Shoichi Sano ,  Yoshimi Furukawa

IPC分类号： B62D7/15 ,  B62D7/14

CPC分类号： B62D7/1527

摘要： A steering system for a vehicle including steerable front and rear wheels. The steering system comprises a steering wheel; a front wheel steering mechanism for steering the front wheels in accordance with a rotating movement of the steering wheel; a movement transmission mechanism for converting the rotating movement of the steering wheel into, and rearwardly transmitting, a push-pull movement and outputting same in the form of a transverse movement; and a rear wheel steering mechanism for steering the rear wheels in accordance with the transverse movement. The steering system is particularly advantageous with respect to design flexibility and manufacture.

摘要翻译： 一种用于车辆的转向系统，包括可转向的前轮和后轮。 转向系统包括方向盘; 前轮转向机构，用于根据方向盘的旋转运动来转向前轮; 运动传递机构，用于将方向盘的旋转运动转换为向后传递推拉运动并以横向运动的形式输出; 以及用于根据横向运动来转向后轮的后轮转向机构。 转向系统在设计灵活性和制造方面是特别有利的。

公开(公告)号：US4483547A

公开(公告)日：1984-11-20

申请号：US407433

申请日：1982-08-12

申请人： Yoshimi Furukawa ,  Shoichi Sano

发明人： Yoshimi Furukawa ,  Shoichi Sano

IPC分类号： B62D7/14 ,  B62D7/15

CPC分类号： B62D7/1527

摘要： A steering device for a vehicle provided with a steering wheel, front wheels and a front wheel steering mechanism, rear wheels and a rear wheel steering mechanism, a pair of rear wheel steering tie rods for respectively connecting the rear wheels to the rear wheel steering mechanism, and an operating shaft which connects the front and rear wheel steering mechanisms, the rear wheels being steered along with the front wheels in response to steering operation of the steering wheels. The rear wheel steering mechanism of the steering device comprises a plurality of rotary members operatively cooperating so as to rotate together, with the operating shaft being connected to the rotational center of one of the rotary members and the inner ends of the tie rods being connected to two of the rotary members at positions displaced from the rotational center, respectively. With such device, the rear wheels are rotated in the same direction as that of the front wheels under rotation of the rotary members during low steering angle operation of the steering wheel, and during large steering angle operation of the steering wheel the rear wheels are steered in a direction opposite to that of the front wheels or the steering angle of the rear wheels is reset to zero or near zero. The rear wheel steering mechanism is constructed so as to be very compact, and with high mechanical strength.

摘要翻译： 一种用于车辆的转向装置，其具有方向盘，前轮和前轮转向机构，后轮和后轮转向机构，一对后轮转向系杆，用于将后轮分别连接到后轮转向机构 以及连接前轮和后轮转向机构的操作轴，响应于方向盘的转向操作，后轮与前轮一起转向。 转向装置的后轮转向机构包括多个旋转构件，其可操作地协作以一起旋转，其中操作轴连接到一个旋转构件的旋转中心，并且拉杆的内端连接到 两个旋转构件分别位于从旋转中心位移的位置。 利用这样的装置，在方向盘的低转向角度操作期间，后轮在旋转构件的旋转的同时在与前轮相同的方向上旋转，并且在方向盘的大的转向角操作期间，后轮被转向 在与前轮的方向相反的方向上或后轮的转向角被重置为零或接近零。 后轮转向机构的结构非常紧凑，机械强度高。