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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 1976
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1975
Shinji Katayose, Yokohama, JA;
Hiromichi Uchiyama, Tokyo, JA;
Shigeru Tanisawa, Yokohama, JA;
Mitsuharu Hamada, Yokohama, JA;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JA;
Abstract
A vehicle adapted to travel over roads under the control of a driver operating a vehicle wheel control system or to be automatically steered along a guideway has a pair of guideway contacting wheels that control the steering when extended to a predetermined portion to contact the guideway and when retracted permit steering by the driver. A hydraulic control cylinder has oppositely disposed pistons connected by axially aligned piston rods to the respective guideway contacting wheels and movable to extend and contact these wheels. A mechanical linkage system is disposed, respectively, between one piston rod and the vehicle wheel control system.