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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:
Feb. 04, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/06 ;
Abstract
A power steering system for a motor vehicle comprising a hydraulic reaction device ( ) by which reaction power is generated on the steering column of the vehicle, depending on the speed thereof. According to the invention, a accumulator ( ) is provided on the line ( ) connecting the reaction device ( ). Said accumulator serves as a low-pass filter and decouples the reaction device from oscillations in pressure due to uneven road surfaces.