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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 1986
Filed:
Jan. 25, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masafumi Nakayama, Yamato, JP;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ; B62D / ; F15B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180141 ; 7438 / ; 91368 ; 9137 / ; 92136 ; 180148 ; 180159 ;
Abstract
A steering apparatus, which includes a device for fluid power-assist of manual steering forces transmitted to a steering gear, a control valve controlling operation of the fluid power-assist device, a valve body of the valve being actuated in accordance with a signal indicative of steering conditions and a steering reactive-force transmitting member directly transmitting steering reactive forces to the valve body so as to displacing same in response to an abnormal steering reactive force. The steering reactive-force transmitting member corrects an abnormal position of the valve body by engaging and moving the valve body when the reactive force exceeds a predetermined magnitude.