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Title:
STEERING DEVICE CAPABLE OF VARYING CONTROL ANGLE OF STEERING WHEEL
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH1045014
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To enhance steerability by making the control angle of a steering wheel adjustable to match both the travel of a working vehicle and actual operations.

A potentiometer 9 detects the control angle of a steering wheel 8, and this detected value Vi is input to a controller 11. The controller 11 outputs a command signal V0 to a solenoid valve 7, and a steering valve 4 is operated by pilot pressure guided to the steering valve 4 via the solenoid valve 7, driving steering cylinders 1, 2. Plural kinds of gains for V./Vi are set, and any of the gains can be selected by the on-off control of a changeover switch 10. Therefore, safe travel is ensured at high speed because of a small V0/Vi, whereas during actual operations the V0/Vi is increased to ensure a large steering angle even at a small steering-wheel control angle so as to relieve the driver of fatigue.


Inventors:
MORIMOTO KATSUYUKI
NOZAWA YASUHIKO
Application Number:
JP22435596A
Publication Date:
February 17, 1998
Filing Date:
August 07, 1996
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
KOMATSU MFG CO LTD
KOMATSU MEC CORP
International Classes:
B62D6/00; B62D5/09; (IPC1-7): B62D6/00; B62D5/09