What are the car steering systems?
Hydraulic power assisted electric power assisted
A series of devices used to change or maintain the direction of the vehicle or reverse direction is called a steering system. The function of the car steering system is to control the direction of the car in accordance with the wishes of the driver. The car steering system is critical to the safety of the car, so parts of the car steering system are called security pieces. Car steering systems and braking systems are two systems that must be taken into account in car safety. Car steering system is divided into two categories: mechanical steering system and power steering system. The steering system, which is completely manipulated by the driver, is called a mechanical steering system. The steering system, powered by power, is called a power steering system. Power steering system can be divided into hydraulic power steering system and electric power power steering system. Mechanical steering system to the driver's strength as a turn to energy, where all the power transmission parts are mechanical. Mechanical steering system consists of steering control mechanism, steering gear and steering transmission mechanism composed of three parts. The use of mechanical steering device can achieve car steering, when the steering shaft load is large, only the driver's strength as a turning energy is difficult to smooth turn. Power steering system is in the mechanical steering system based on the addition of a set of steering force and the formation of the device. The steering gear reduces the force on the driver to manipulate the steering wheel. The steering energy comes from the driver's physical strength and the engine (or motor), where the engine (or motor) occupies the main part and is provided by the steering afterburner.
Front wheel steering (most of the car used), rear wheel steering (engineering car), four-wheel steering (some high-end cars). According to the power is divided into: pure mechanical, hydraulic power, electric power.
