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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2001
Arthur Ernest Bishop, Greenwich, AU;
Arthur Ernest Bishop, Greenwich, AU;
Bishop Steering Technology Limited, North Ryde, AU;
Abstract
A rack () and pinion () steering gear for a vehicle in which the steering angle ratio varies as a function of at least both the steering wheel angle input by the driver and vehicle speed. The steering gear comprising a rack () laterally displacable with respect to a steering gear housing and a pinion () laterally movable within the housing substantially in a direction of travel of the rack () whilst engaged with the rack (). The steering angle ratio is increased in a central region of travel of the rack () when compared to regions either side thereof, and steering angle ratio is further increased in the central region as vehicle speed increases.