Trw Steering & Industrial Products Co., Ltd. (Japan)

Trw Steering & Industrial Products (Japan) 051156651

Yoshihito Imura

Masaaki Kato

Keita Ozeki

In a hydraulic pressure switch mechanism connected between a steering shaft and a rack, an input shaft is covered with a balance sleeve, to form a sealing portion. The balance sleeve is covered with a valve outer spool, thereby forming a variable orifice. The hydraulic pressure switch mechanism requires no valve inner spool. The hydraulic pressure switch mechanism has a small and simple structure and provides secure hydraulic pressure control, thus contributing to reduction in manufacturing cost.

Power steering control valve mechanism

A power steering device comprising an input shaft connected to a steering shaft, an output shaft connected to a rack for driving vehicle wheels, a servo valve including a valve sleeve surrounding the input shaft and engaging the output shaft, and a torsion bar with both ends secured to the input shaft and the output shaft. In the power steering device, the torsion bar is positioned and secured via a balance pin in the input shaft. The balance pin has multiple projecting portions arranged alternately on opposite sides of the balance pin along the length of the balance pin. After inserting the balance pin into the input shaft and the torsion bar, the input shaft and the torsion bar are relatively rotated by the protruding portions of the balance pin. The servo valve is thus correctly centered. The hydraulic pressure produced by the servo valve is balanced.

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