1. An apparatus for use in turning first and second steerable vehicle wheels upon manual rotation of a steering wheel, said apparatus comprising:
a rack having first and second end portions,
a pinion disposed in meshing engagement with said rack, said pinion being connected with the steering wheel and being rotatable relative to said rack upon rotation of the steering wheel;
a valve connected with said pinion, said valve being actuatable upon rotation of the steering wheel;
a force transmitting member having a first end portion connected to the first steerable vehicle wheel and a second end portion connected to the second steerable vehicle wheel;
a hydraulic motor connected with said force transmitting member, said hydraulic motor being connected in fluid communication with said valve,
said valve being operable upon rotation of the steering wheel in a first direction to effect operation of said hydraulic motor and turning movement of the steerable vehicle wheels in a first direction, said valve being operable upon rotation of the steering wheel in a second direction to effect operation of said hydraulic motor and turning movement of the steerable vehicle wheels in a second direction, and
a connector member which connects said first end portion of said rack with the first steerable vehicle wheel, said second end portion of said rack being spaced from the second steerable vehicle wheel and disconnected from the second steerable vehicle wheel, said force transmitting member is spaced from and has a longitudinal central axis which is generally parallel to a longitudinal central axis of said connector member.
2. An apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein said apparatus is a steer-by-wire steering system which is normally free of a mechanical connection between the steering wheel and the first and second steerable vehicle wheels.
3. An apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein said motor includes a piston disposed within a cylinder, said cylinder being disposed in a coaxial relationship with said force transmitting member.
4. An apparatus as defined in claim 1 wherein said second end of said rack is free of a connection with a member which extends between said second end portion of said rack and said second steerable vehicle wheel.
5. An apparatus for use in turning first and second steerable vehicle wheels upon manual rotation of a steering wheel, said apparatus comprising:
a rack having first and second end portions,
a pinion disposed in meshing engagement with said rack, said pinion being connected with the steering wheel and being rotatable relative to said rack upon rotation of the steering wheel;
a valve connected with said pinion, said valve being actuatable upon rotation of the steering wheel;
a force transmitting member having a first end portion connected to the first steerable vehicle wheel and a second end portion connected to the second steerable vehicle wheel;
a hydraulic motor connected with said force transmitting member, said hydraulic motor being connected in fluid communication with said valve,
said valve being operable upon rotation of the steering wheel in a first direction to effect operation of said hydraulic motor and turning movement of the steerable vehicle wheels in a first direction, said valve being operable upon rotation of the steering wheel in a second direction to effect operation of said hydraulic motor and turning movement of the steerable vehicle wheels in a second direction, and
a connector member which connects said first end portion of said rack with the first steerable vehicle wheel, said second end portion of said rack being spaced from the second steerable vehicle wheel and disconnected from the second steerable vehicle wheel, said connector member is spaced from said force transmitting member and has a first end portion connected to said first end portion of said rack and a second end portion which is connected to the first steerable vehicle wheel, said connector member has a longitudinal central axis which extends through the first steerable vehicle wheel at a location spaced from a location where said first end portion of said force transmitting member is connected to the first steerable vehicle wheel.
6. An apparatus as set forth in claim 5 wherein said apparatus is a steer-by-wire steering system which is normally free of a mechanical connection between the steering wheel and the first and second steerable vehicle wheels.
7. An apparatus as set forth in claim 5 wherein said motor includes a piston disposed within a cylinder, said cylinder being disposed in a coaxial relationship with said force transmitting member and has a longitudinal central axis which is generally parallel to the longitudinal central axis of said connector member.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a magenta developing unit operable to develop, using a toner of a magenta-type color, an electrostatic latent image corresponding to the toner of the magenta-type color;
a cyan developing unit operable to develop, using a toner of a cyan-type color, an electrostatic latent image corresponding to the toner of the cyan-type color;
a black developing unit operable to develop, using a toner of a black-type color, an electrostatic latent image corresponding to the toner of the black-type color; and
an image processing unit operable to execute a pseudo full-color image forming process through which only three toner images of the magenta-type, cyan-type, and black-type colors developed by respective developing units are layered so as to form a color image,
wherein the toner of the magenta-type color is for use in the pseudo full-color image forming and has a chromaticity point shifted in a direction closer to a yellow hue when plotted on a chromaticity diagram, in comparison with the toner of a genuine magenta color for use in full-color image forming including a case of using four colors that are the magenta-type, cyan-type, and black-type colors, and a yellow-type color.
2. The image forming apparatus of claim 1, wherein
the chromaticity point of the toner of the magenta-type color for use in the pseudo full-color image forming is shifted in a direction closer to a red hue when plotted on the chromaticity diagram, in comparison with the toner of the genuine magenta color for use in the full-color image forming.
3. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a magenta developing unit operable to develop, using a toner of a magenta-type color, an electrostatic latent image corresponding to the toner of the magenta-type color;
a cyan developing unit operable to develop, using a toner of a cyan-type color, an electrostatic latent image corresponding to the toner of the cyan-type color;
a black developing unit operable to develop, using a toner of a black-type color, an electrostatic latent image corresponding to the toner of the black-type color; and
an image processing unit operable to execute a pseudo full-color image forming process through which only three toner images of the magenta-type, cyan-type, and black-type colors developed by the respective developing units are layered so as to form a color image,
wherein the toner of the cyan-type color is for use in the pseudo full-color image forming and has a chromaticity point shifted in a direction closer to a yellow hue when plotted on a chromaticity diagram, in comparison with the toner of a genuine cyan for use in full-color image forming including a case of using four colors that are the magenta-type, cyan-type, and black-type colors, and a yellow-type color.
4. The image forming apparatus of claim 3, wherein
the chromaticity point of the toner of the cyan-type color is shifted in a direction closer to a green hue when plotted on the chromaticity diagram, in comparison with the toner of the genuine cyan for use in the full-color image forming.
5. An image forming method comprising the steps of:
forming respective electrostatic latent images corresponding to each of magenta-type, cyan-type, and black-type colors;
developing the respective electrostatic latent images so as to form toner images of each of the magenta-type, cyan-type, and black-type colors; and
layering the toner images so as to form a color image,
wherein the toner of the magenta-type color is for use in pseudo full-color image forming and has a chromaticity point shifted in a direction closer to a yellow hue when plotted on a chromaticity diagram, in comparison with a toner of a genuine magenta for use in full-color image forming including a case of using four colors that are the magenta-type, cyan-type, and black-type colors, and a yellow-type color.
6. An image forming method comprising the steps of:
forming respective electrostatic latent images corresponding to each of magenta-type, cyan-type, and black-type colors;
developing the respective electrostatic latent images so as to form toner images of each of the colors;
layering the toner images of each of the colors so as to form a color image,
wherein the toner of the cyan-color that is for use in pseudo full-color image forming and has a chromaticity point shifted in a direction closer to a yellow hue when plotted on a chromaticity diagram, in comparison with a toner of a genuine cyan for use in full-color image forming including a case of using four colors that are the magenta-type, cyan-type, and black-type colors, and a yellow-type color.