Power steering system
CA 2175136 C · Owner: Trw Inc. · Inventors: Doolittle, Marc
Overview
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A power steering system includes first and second valve members (40 and 42) which are movable relative to each other to port fluid to a vehicle power steering motor (31) and a pump (24) for providing fluid to the first and second valve members (40 and 42) and the power steering motor. A force transmitting member (116) is connected with the first valve member (40) and movable toward and away from the second valve member (42) for applying a force to resist relative movement between the first and second valve members. A fluid pressure chamber (138) receives fluid from the pump (24), the pressure of which acts on the force transmitting member (116). The first and second valve members (40 and …
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- Filed April 26, 1996 and granted March 23, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 26, 2016.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by April 26, 2018.
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