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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2020
Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg, SE;
Stefan Preijert, Gothenburg, SE;
Jan Zachrisson, Onsala, SE;
Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg, SE;
Abstract
A vehicle steering assembly comprising an input shaft to be connected to a steering device, a first electric motor connected to the input shaft and arranged to provide a steering device torque and/or a steering device angle, an output shaft connected via a steering linkage to a number of ground engaging members, a rod placed between the input shaft and the output shaft, a first arm rotatably connected to the input shaft and rotatably connected to the rod, and a second arm rotatably connected to the rod and rotatably connected to the output shaft, a second electric motor connected to the output shaft and arranged to provide a steering control torque and/or a steering control angle, wherein the rod comprises a flexible drag link, which in combination with the first and second arm provide for forces in longitudinal direction to be absorbed.