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The steering pivot points [clarification needed] are joined by a rigid bar called the tie rod, which can also be part of the steering mechanism, in the form of a rack and pinion for instance. With perfect Ackermann, at any angle of steering, the centre point of all of the circles traced by all wheels will lie at a common point.
.. the inventor of the Ackermann steering. Georg Lankensperger (also: Lankensberger), (31 March 1779 – 11 July 1847) was a German wheelwright who invented the steering mechanism that is today known as Ackermann steering geometry. He patented the invention in Germany, but his agent Rudolph Ackermann filed for the patent in the U.K.
The steering kingpin is held in place by the forked ends of a beam axle on a Ford Model T. The kingpin (also king-pin, king pin and k pin) [1] [2] is the main pivot in the steering mechanism of a car or other vehicle. The term is also used to refer to part of a fifth wheel coupling apparatus for a semi and its trailer or other load.
The Understeer Angle is the amount of additional steering (at the road wheels, not the hand wheel) that must be added in any given steady-state maneuver beyond the Ackermann steer angle. The Ackermann Steer Angle is the steer angle at which the vehicle would travel about a curve when there is no lateral acceleration required (at negligibly low ...
Ackermann Geometry is also used in catamaran and wide-hull, double rudder steering. Article should include this aspect, or another be developed and/or linked. 148.65.197.118 ( talk ) 02:34, 15 January 2015 (UTC) [ reply ]
The driver sits on the right and steers using a steering wheel. Instead of Ackermann steering A. C. Krebs chose center-pivot steering operated by a gear wheel at the lower end of the steering column and a rack. The device worked satisfactorily on this light and lightly motorized car.
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Ackermann steering geometry – a geometric arrangement of linkages in the steering of a car ... transistors) or a model of such an interconnection, consisting of ...