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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:
Nov. 17, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 02, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jon W Martin, Los Alamitos, CA (US);
Assignee:
TRW Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180417 ; 508539 ;
Abstract
A fluid power vehicle steering gear (10) comprises a tubular housing (22), a fluid (34) disposed within the tubular housing, and a member (20) movable relative to the housing in response to a change in the fluid pressure in the housing. The fluid comprises a mixture of a base oil and a grease. The weight of the grease in the mixture is about 0.1% to about 5% of the weight of the base oil in the mixture.