Tracked vehicle steering system with failure detection

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B - Operations, Transporting

62

D

B62D 11/18 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2301977

A control system is provided for a tracked vehicle drive/steering system having an engine driven hydraulic steering pump which drives a hydraulic steering motor. The steering pump is responsive to steering control signals representing a status of an operator manipulated steering wheel. The steering motor provides an input to a differential track drive mechanism which responds to manipulation of the steering wheel and drives left and right tracks to turn the vehicle. The control system includes a control unit which receives signals from an engine speed sensor, a steering motor rotation speed and direction sensor, and the steering control signals. The control unit, when the steering control signals indicate that the steering wheel is turned in a direction opposite to a direction of rotation of the steering motor, generating and saving a first ratio value representing a ratio of the motor speed to the pump speed. Then, if the steering control signal is unchanged after a certain time duration, the control unit generates and saves a second ratio value representing a later ratio of the motor speed to the pump speed. The control unit then calculates a difference value representing a difference between the first and second ratio values, and generates a fault signal if the difference value has a magnitude which is less than a predetermined magnitude. Thus, the control system generates a fault signal when the sensed signals indicate that the steering pump swashplate position is not changing as it should in response to changes in steering wheel position.

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