Steering apparatus for car

Abstract

Abstract PURPOSE:To permit safe and easy steering operation by allowing the steering information such as the center of revolution of a car, circular locuci front and of rear wheels etc. to be displayed on a scene, in an apparatus for controlling steering of rear wheels through a computer, interlocked with the steering of front wheels. CONSTITUTION:Front wheels 5 of a car are steered by the operation of a steering wheel 1 through a gear box 3, tie-rod 4, and a knuckle arm 6. A rear-wheel steering servoactuator 17 is driven by the control signals from a computer 20 which receives each output of a front-wheel steering angle detecting apparatus 21 installed onto a steering shaft 2 and a lateral acceleration sensor 22, and rear wheels 15 are steered through a gear box 13, tie-rode 14, and a knuckle arm 16. In this case, a signal which shows the present steering states of front and rear wheels 5 and 15 is output from the computer 20, and the images shown in the figure (A) are displayed momentarily on the screen of a display apparatus 23 installed on a driver's seat.

Inventors

• 👤 Osamu Furukawa
• 👤 修 古川
• 👤 Shoichi Sano
• 👤 佐野　彰一

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