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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 1989
Filed:
Feb. 01, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F15B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
9137 / ; 91443 ; 13759612 ; 13762524 ; 180142 ; 180143 ;
Abstract
A power assist steering system comprises a control valve which defines a fluid flow distributor circuit which includes two parallel first and second fluid flow paths connected between the hydraulic fluid source and the fluid reservoir. Inflow control variable flow orifices are arranged in series with two auxiliary variable flow orifices, respectively, which are disposed downstream with regard to the power cylinder, and the outflow control variable flow orifices are arranged in series with another two auxiliary variable flow orifices which are disposed downstream with regard to the power cylinder.