Nissan Motor Company Limited

Makato Miyoshi

Takashi Kurihara

Koh Uchida

A rotary type power steering control valve comprises a groove arrangement which includes two first grooves spaced longitudinally along a longitudinal axis, and a second longtudinally extending groove which has one circumferential side overlapping the two first grooves to define two variable flow orifices. The direction of fluid is reversed by the second longitudinally extending groove so that both of the variable flow orifices are arranged in series.

Rotary control valve for power assist steering system

A circuit arrangement is proposed whereby a bypass flow coming out of one portion of a fluid flow distributor circuit of a power steering system during clockwise turning of a steering wheel and another bypass flow coming out another portion of the fluid flow distributor circuit during counterclockwise turning of the steering wheel are directed toward a fluid reservoir after passing through an externally controlled variable flow orifice.

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Kawasaki, Japan

Makato Miyoshi