It is aimed to provide a steered axle assembly for a commercial vehicle structure for vehicles larger than 6 tons, the axle assembly comprising: a steered axle comprised of a steering arrangement for steering the wheels; an electromotor comprising a sealed compartment mounting a rotor and a stator, at least one of the rotor and stator comprising electrical power wiring arranged for electromechanical actuation of said steered axle; a steering controller arranged to control said electromotor in correspondence with steering signals received from a main steering unit; wherein the compartment contains a fluid partly filling said sealed compartment, said fluid in use brought in contact with the electrical power wiring by rotor action so as to cool said electrical power wiring.
Electro-mechanical power steering for application in heavy commercial vehicles
Elektromechanische Servolenkung zur Anwendung in schweren Nutzfahrzeugen
Direction assistée à commande électromécanique pour une application dans des véhicules utilitaires lourds
2016-06-22
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
ELECTRO-MECHANICAL POWER STEERING FOR APPLICATION IN HEAVY COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
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