CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., July 25 (UPI) -- Steering gear systems for three new U.S. Navy destroyers are to be produced by Northrop Grumman under contracts worth $14.4 million. The contracts were awarded ...

You’ve probably never lost any sleep over a steering maintenance issue. The systems are proven and reliable and don’t require a lot of hands-on contact. Sticking to scheduled fluid and filter changes, ...

Two power steering designs emerged. Linkage assist steering and the integral power steering gear-each use a constant flow, positive displacement hydraulic pump. The pump, belt-driven by the engine, ...

When power steering was first introduced, it was intended to help drivers of large or heavy vehicles to steer more easily when parking or heading around curves. Then it became a luxury option for ...

Bendix parent company Knorr-Bremse is has acquired Wülfrath, Germany-based tedrive Steering Systems GmbH, a manufacturer of rack-and-pinion and recirculating ball steering gear systems. “For us as a ...

Bendix’s parent company says adding steering systems to its portfolio prepares it to supply “highly integrated systems” for autonomous commercial vehicles. Brake system manufacturer Knorr-Bremse – the ...

Steering hasn’t been considered a chore since “Armstrong” steering went the way of the Caterpillar truck engine. Before hydraulic power steering became commonplace in the 1980s, drivers had to plant ...

Manual steering gears predate the Model T era. The typical layout is a column and shaft leading from the steering wheel to a frame-mounted gear mechanism. This steering shaft rotates left and right, ...

Yubei Steering System (Xinxiang) Co., Ltd. has recently obtained a patent titled "Structure of an Easily Maintainable Electric Universal Steering Gear," with authorization announcement number ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Steering gear ratios in existing automobiles are made almost constant. Therefore, at low speed, the larger steering wheel angle needed ...

Welcome to the 23nd class in the Dirt Sports University Series and the fourth on power steering. We finished up our third class on power steering with a look at the insides of the Saginaw steering ...

Electrically assisted power steering often comes in for criticism for killing steering feel, and some of that criticism is warranted. Electric steering can often feel dead and overdamped. But in ...