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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1987
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1986
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A motor vehicle with a handlebar includes a vehicle frame assembly, at least one front wheel rotatably supported on the vehicle frame assembly, at least one rear wheel rotatably supported on the vehicle frame assembly, an engine mounted on the vehicle frame assembly between the front and rear wheels, and a hydraulicaly operated power steering system operatively coupled to the handlebar. The power steering system comprising a substantially cylindrical housing, an input shaft rotatably supported in the housing and coupled to the handlebar, an output shaft rotatably supported in the housing coaxially with the input shaft and operatively coupled to the front wheel, a hydraulically actuated vane motor coupled to the output shaft for applying a torque to the output shaft, and a control valve mechanism combined with the input and output shafts for controlling the vane motor based on a relative angular difference between the input and output shafts. The housing serves as part of the vehicle frame assembly.