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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. 13, 1991
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ko Uchida, Sagamihara, JP;
Hirohide Kai, Fujisawa, JP;
Assignee:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180142 ; 180141 ; 9137 / ;
Abstract
A control valve for a variable assist power steering apparatus comprises a bypass line having one end connected to one of two parallel fluid flow paths of a distributor circuit at an inflow section thereof and an opposite end connected to the one fluid flow path at an outflow section thereof. The bypass line is arranged in parallel to primary variable flow restrictors and in series with secondary variable flow restrictors. An externally controlled variable flow restrictor is disposed in the bypass line.