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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 13, 1988
Masaru Nakata, Sakai, JP;
Yuji Tomiyama, Sakai, JP;
Kubota, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A power steering apparatus comprising steering arms for steering front wheels of a vehicle mounted at opposite ends of an axle, and a power cylinder extending parallel to the axle for driving the steering arms. The axle is oscillatably supported by an axle frame through a center shaft. The power cylinder is connected to the axle by a connecting device to be movable in three-dimensional directions. The connecting device includes a support shaft extending parrallel to the axle, an oscillatable arm connected to the support shaft, and a universal joint for interconnecting the oscillatable member and the cylinder. The universal joint has an axis extending perpendicular to the center axis.