Patent ID: 6769251
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: B62D,B64C

Abstract:
An architecture for a hydraulic steering control system that includes at least one steering control actuator having chambers, wherein the hydraulic system comprises a directional-control valve connected to a pressure-generator device and an associated main supply, the hydraulic system further comprising a reversible electrically-driven pump unit having two ports, and the hydraulic system being fitted with a general selector arranged in a normal mode of operation to put the chambers of the actuator into communication with the directional-control valve, and in an alternate mode of operation to put the chambers of the actuator into communication with the ports of the pump unit, a compensation device making it possible in the alternate mode to compensate for the flow differential between the flow taken in by the pump unit from one of the chambers of the actuator and the flow delivered by the pump unit to the other chamber of the actuator.