Steering arrangement
AssigneeSauer-Danfoss Holding A/S
InventorsJohn Børsting, John Kristensen, Jesper Bloch
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Abstract
The invention concerns a steering arrangement (1) with a steering handwheel (2), which is unrotatably connected with a steering sensor, and with a wheel (3) steered by a steering drive (4) without a mechanically active connection between steering handwheel (2) and steered wheel (3). In this steering arrangement a simple way of realizing a counter action of the steered wheel on the steering handwheel (2) is wanted. For this purpose the steering sensor is made as an electrical machine (6), which works as a generator, for the production of a steering signal and is connected with a switching device (9), whose load behavior is variable.
Claims12
Steering arrangement comprising a steering handwheel mechanically connected to a steering sensor, and having a wheel steered by a steering drive without a mechanically active connection between the steering handwheel and the wheel, the steering sensor comprising an electrical machine, working as a generator, producing a steering signal and being connected with a switching device providing a variable load resistance to the steering handwheel so that torque for driving the electrical machine when working as a generator is changed in dependence on the load.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.