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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2013
Applicant:
Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Inventors:
David W. Archer, Hortonville, WI (US);
Bruce D. Loomans, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Troy R. Scott, Van Dyne, WI (US);
Assignee:
Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rack and pinion steering apparatus for a heavy-duty vehicle includes a housing, a gear rack slidably coupled to the housing and including a plurality of rack gear teeth, and a pinion gear including a plurality of pinion gear teeth in meshing engagement with the plurality of rack gear teeth. The apparatus also includes a hydraulic motor including an output shaft coupled to and configured to rotate the pinion gear and a limiter coupled to the housing and configured to reduce an output steering force of the gear rack.