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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2011
Applicant:
Wade Leo Gehlhoff, Shakopee, MN (US);
Inventor:
Wade Leo Gehlhoff, Shakopee, MN (US);
Assignee:
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A steering system includes a fluid actuator, a first steering circuit in selective fluid communication with the fluid actuator, and a second steering circuit in selective fluid communication with the fluid actuator and disposed in parallel to the first steering circuit. The second steering circuit includes a load-reaction feature and an isolation valve with the isolation valve being adapted to enable and disable the load-reaction feature.