Ford is interested in 4 wheel steering
Ford recently filed for a patent on for 4 wheel steering and really surprised me is that the patent implies that it will for the Super D Duty series. Ford patent I don't know what makes this pat...
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Groover wrote:
Ford recently filed for a patent on for 4 wheel steering and really surprised me is that the patent implies that it will for the Super D Duty series.
Ford patent
I don't know what makes this patentable since GM had 4 wheel steering 18 years ago and others have been demonstrating 4 wheel steering recently. Hopefully the differences improve cost and reliability. I like the concept but definitely want to know the costs before purchasing one.
Well the first as I know 4 wheel and 4 wheel steer vehicle anywhere was the Australian Caldwell Vale Truck of 1907
The company started in 1907 when Felix Caldwell and Norman Laurie Caldwell of South Australiafiled for a patent covering "Improvements in and connected with driving and steering motor propelled vehicles". In short, the patent was for a four-wheel-drive system with four-wheel-steering. Later they combined with Henry Vale of New South Wales and in 1910, the trio applied for a patent covering "Improved power steering gear for heavy motor driven road vehicles".
