US 9,956,986 B2Granted

Automobile steering system

AssigneeShenzhen Zhilun Driving Technology for Electric Vehicle Co., Ltd.

InventorsShugang Gong, Lingliang Hu, Jigao Zhao, Jinjun He, Xiurong Wu

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Abstract

An automobile steering system for controlling the steering of left and right front wheels of an automobile, a left support shaft being provided on the left front wheel, and a right support shaft being provided on the right front wheel, the automobile steering system having a steering wheel, a steering transmission device, a left rotary table, a right rotary table and a steering device, wherein the steering wheel is connected to one end of the steering transmission device, and the other end of the steering transmission device is jointed with the steering device; the left and right rotary tables are respectively located at two ends of the steering device, the left rotary table being connected to the left support shaft, and the right rotary table being connected to the right support shaft; and the steering device has a left steel wire rope, a right steel wire rope and a synchronous belt, two ends of the left steel wire rope are respectively wound around the left rotary table and the synchronous belt, and two ends of the right steel wire rope are respectively wound around the right rotary table and the synchronous belt. The steering system cleverly adopts the steel wire ropes for the steering control of the wheels, has a simple structure, low manufacturing difficulty, low manufacturing costs and high accuracy, and is especially suitable for use in an electric vehicle.

Claims10

Dependent claims

An automobile steering system configured for controlling a steering of a left front wheel and a right front wheel of an automobile, the left right wheel is provided with a left support shaft, the right front wheel is provided with a right support shaft;

wherein:
the automobile steering system comprises a steering wheel, a steering transmission device configured for transferring a rotational angle of the steering wheel, a left rotary table configured for regulating a rotational angle of the left front wheel, a right rotary table configured for regulating a rotational angle of the right front wheel, and a steering device configured for controlling rotational angles of the left rotary table and the right rotary table;
the steering wheel is connected with one end of the steering transmission device, and another end of the steering transmission device engages with the steering device;
the left rotary table and the right rotary table are arranged at two ends of the steering device respectively;
the left rotary table is connected with the left support shaft, and the right rotary table is connected with the right support shaft;
the steering device comprises a left steel wire rope, a right steel wire rope and a synchronous belt driven to rotate by the steering transmission device;
two ends of the left steel wire rope are coiled around the left rotary table and the synchronous belt respectively, and two ends of the right steel wire rope are coiled around the right rotary table and the synchronous belt respectively.

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