Hydraulic power assisted steering system

US7337872B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG · DE

Inventors

• Jürgen Böhm · Obertshausen, DE
• Steffen Linkenbach · Eschborn, DE
• Oliver Hoffmann · Frankfurt, DE
• Joachim Nell · Hanau, DE
• Andreas Schirling · Darmstadt, DE
• Norman Muth · Frankenberg, Hesse, DE
• Johannes Görlach · Langgöns, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 17, 2003
• Grant date: Mar 4, 2008
• Expiry date: Nov 30, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D5/06
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A hydraulic power steering system with a steering gear and a hydraulic actuator for supporting a steering wheel actuation by the driver of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, includes components for actively applying an additional steering torque, the components for actively applying an additional steering torque including at least one additional torque actuator and a steering torque detector being mounted as a module on a steering wheel shaft that connects the steering wheel to the steering gear.