Dual hydrostatic vehicle steering system
AssigneeJCB Landpower Limited
InventorsRichard Frederick George Young, Christopher James Yates, Gregory Peter Fitton, Charles David Nicklin
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AssigneeJCB Landpower Limited
InventorsRichard Frederick George Young, Christopher James Yates, Gregory Peter Fitton, Charles David Nicklin
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A vehicle including a steering system for moving a pair of wheels supported by a wheel support structure relative to a vehicle structure to achieve steering of the vehicle whilst the vehicle is travelling. The system including a pressure source for providing a supply of pressurized fluid through first and second steering valves to fluid operated first and second actuators, each of which includes an actuating member. The steering valves are operator controlled to provide the pressurized fluid, at least when the steering system is in a first operating mode, from both the first steering valve to the first actuator and from the second steering valve to the second actuator to achieve steering. When the steering system is operating in a second operating mode, only one of the first and second steering valves provides pressurized fluid from the source to a respective one of the actuators to achieve steering.
A vehicle including a steering system for moving a pair of wheels supported by a wheel support structure, relative to a vehicle structure to achieve steering of the vehicle whilst the vehicle is travelling, the system including a pressure source for providing a supply of pressurized fluid, to first and second steering valves, and first and second fluid operated actuators each of which includes an actuating member, the steering valves each being operator controlled to provide the pressurized fluid, at least when the steering system is in a first operating mode, from the first steering valve to the first fluid operated actuator and from the second steering valve to the second fluid operated actuator to achieve steering, and when the steering system is operating in a second operating mode, one only of the first and second steering valves providing pressurized fluid from the pressure source to a respective one only of the fluid operated actuators to achieve steering, and wherein there is a valve structure between the steering valves and the pressure source which includes a valve member which is moveable by the upstream pressurized fluid where available, to provide fluid paths for pressurized fluid from each of the steering valves to respective fluid operated actuators, but in the absence of sufficient fluid pressure, the valve member moves to a position to establish the fluid path from the one steering valve to each of the first and second fluid operated actuators.
A vehicle including a steering system for moving a pair of wheels supported by a wheel support structure, relative to a vehicle structure to achieve steering of the vehicle whilst the vehicle is travelling, the system including a pressure source for providing a supply of pressurized fluid, to first and second steering valves, and first and second fluid operated actuators each of which includes an actuating member, the steering valves are operator controlled to provide the pressurized fluid, at least when the steering system is in a first operating mode, from the first steering valve to the first fluid operated actuator and from the second steering valve to the second fluid operated actuator to achieve steering, and when the steering system is operating in a second operating mode, one only of the first and second steering valves provides pressurized fluid from the pressure source to a respective one only of the fluid operated actuators to achieve steering, and wherein the steering system includes a first valve structure between the steering valves and the fluid operated actuators which in the event of failure of the supply of pressurized fluid, operates to provides a fluid path from only one of the first and second steering valves to both of the fluid operated actuators.
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