Title:
【発明の名称】操向制御システム
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH02503544
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
The steering system of some lightweight vehicles are electronically controlled and have a manually operated mechanical control as a backup. Such manual backup control would not be adequate for large earthmoving, construction and industrial type vehicles. The subject steering system includes an electrically controlled circuit actuated by rotation of a steering wheel for controlling a main pilot operated steering valve as the primary steering control. A hydraulic control circuit is also actuated by rotation of the steering wheel for controlling the same steering valve as a backup control when the electrically controlled circuit is not active. The hydraulic steering circuit is disabled when the electrically controlled circuit is activated. By using the same steering valve as an integral part of both circuits, the complexity and cost of the overall steering control system is reduced.
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Inventors:
Howard Arthur Marsden
Holloway, Dwight Selwyn
Litter, Noel Joy
Holloway, Dwight Selwyn
Litter, Noel Joy
Application Number:
JP50482487A
Publication Date:
October 25, 1990
Filing Date:
August 03, 1987
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Caterpillar Incorporated
International Classes:
B62D5/09; B62D5/32; (IPC1-7): B62D5/09
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Aoki Akira (4 outside)