Hydrostatic load sensitive regenerative steering system

摘要

A control valve operated by the steering wheel to selectively connect a variable displacement pump for operating a hydraulic cylinder in each of two directions to steer the vehicle. The hydrostatic system is regenerative in steering of the hydraulic cylinder in one direction since both sides of the hydraulic cylinder are connected to the high pressure input line in steering in one direction. A pilot line is connected to the valve output to sense load pressure and feed back to the compensator of the variable displacement pump to vary the displacement in response to load demands of the hydrostatic system.