Jtekt Corporation

Koyo Seiko Company, Ltd.

Gates Unitta Asia Company

Kunihiro Oka

Shigeki Nagase

Naotake Kanda

Nobuhiro Uchida

Ken Matsubara

Takehiro Saruwatari

Shiro Nakano

Kensaku Nakamura

Akihiro Hironaka

Hiroshi Murataka

Kazuaki Nagamatsu

Atsuya Miyata

Hiroto Sasaki

Osamu Sano

Minoru Sentoku

Yasuyuki Nozawa

Masanori Arima

Kouya Yoshida

Motoo Nakai

Shigetaka Kinme

Masanori Kobayashi

Takahiro Mizuno

Takeshi Watanabe

Susumu Imagaki

Ryoichi Tokioka

Yoshihiro Oono

Takeo Iino

Kei Kitahara

Tatsuhiro Yamamoto

Yoshio Ito

Tatsuo Otsuka

Tomoyuki Takei

A steering device includes a movable body that rotatably supports a shaft member to which a steering member is attached, and first and second rail mechanisms that guide movement of the movable body in a front-rear direction. The first rail mechanism has a first rolling element row that is disposed between a first raceway face of a first fixed rail and a second raceway face of a first moving rail. The second rail mechanism has a second rolling element row that is between a third raceway face of a second fixed rail and a fourth raceway face of a second moving rail. A contact angle of each of a plurality of first rolling elements with respect to the first and second raceway faces, and the contact angle of each of a plurality of second rolling elements with respect to the third and fourth raceway faces are different from each other.

Steering device

A steering device includes: a first moving unit that moves in an axial direction along with a shaft member to which an operating member is connected; a second moving unit; a holding unit; a first screw mechanism; a second screw mechanism; a driving unit; and a transmission mechanism that transmits driving force of the driving unit to the first screw mechanism and the second screw mechanism. One of the first screw mechanism and the second screw mechanism is provided so as to operate in a forward direction when the operating member moves between a retraction region and an operation region, and reverse efficiency of that one screw mechanism is set such that when the operating member is subjected to an external force directed toward the retraction region, that one screw mechanism does not operate in a reverse direction.

An electric power steering apparatus () comprises a control device (), which controls driving of an electric motor () based on the detection signals from a rotational position-detecting sensor (A), which detects the rotational position of the rotor () of the electric motor (), and a steering status detecting sensor (A). The control device () is housed in a housing () that is partitioned by a first housing (), which is at least a portion of the motor housing () for the electric motor (), and a second housing (A;B) that touches the first housing (). At least one of the rotational position-detecting sensor (A) and steering state detecting sensor (A) is connected to the control device () by means of only a signal wire () inside the first housing () or the second housing (A;B).

Vehicle steering apparatus and manufacturing method of same

Disclosed is a vehicle steering apparatus () equipped with a control device () which controls the actuation of an electric motor (). First and second housings (), which are in contact with each other, partition off an accommodation chamber () which contains the control device (). The first housing () is at least one part of the motor housing (). The first housing () includes a first interior wall surface () which partially partitions the accommodation chamber (). The second housing () includes a second interior wall surface () which partially partitions the accommodation chamber (). The first and the second interior wall surfaces () are opposite each other with respect to the axial direction (X) of a rotatable shaft () of an electric motor (). The second interior wall surface () includes the flat annular surface that surrounds a central axis (C) of the rotatable shaft () and an extension (C) of the central axis (C). The flat circular surface is orthogonal to the central axis (C) and the extension (C) of same.

Vehicle steering apparatus

There is provided a steering apparatus including a pinion communicating with an operation of a steering member, a rack shaft having a rack meshed with the pinion, and a support yoke resiliently coming into contact with the rack shaft, and being configured to convert rotation of the pinion into movement of the rack shaft in an axial direction in a meshing portion in which the pinion and rack mesh to each other. The steering apparatus comprises a detection unit for detecting a force applied to the support yoke to which a force acting on the meshing portion being transmitted from the rack shaft and a calculation unit for calculating a steering torque applied to the steering member based on the force detected by the detection unit, wherein the pinion and the rack are formed in helical gears.

Steering apparatus

Power steering actuator

An electric power steering apparatus includes a speed reducing mechanism for decelerating the rotation of a rotatable shaft in an electric motor and a converting mechanism for converting the output rotation of the speed reducing mechanism into the axial movement of a steering shaft extending toward the right and left sides of a vehicle. The speed reducing mechanism includes an input pulley driven by the electric motor, an output pulley arranged with the steering shaft enclosed thereby, a belt for connecting the input pulley and the output pulley to each other, and a belt tension adjuster.

Electric power steering apparatus

An electric power steering apparatus includes a speed reducing mechanism for decelerating the rotation of a rotatable shaft in an electric motor and a converting mechanism for converting the output rotation of the speed reducing mechanism into the axial movement of a steering shaft extending toward the right and left sides of a vehicle. The speed reducing mechanism includes an input pulley driven by the electric motor, an output pulley arranged with the steering shaft enclosed thereby, a belt for connecting the input pulley and the output pulley to each other and a belt tension adjuster.

In an electric power steering system, a second bevel gear is allowed to move toward a first bevel gear and is biased by a biasing member toward the first bevel gear thereby to be moved toward the first bevel gear as following the wearing away of these bevel gears. In an electric power steering system, a support shaft formed with the first bevel gear at its distal end is rotatably supported by a retaining member, which is mounted to a support-shaft housing as allowed to move axially of the support shaft. The retaining member is adjusted for its position relative to the support-shaft housing with respect to the axial direction of the support shaft by means of a retaining member adjuster. The first bevel gear is moved toward the second bevel gear as following the wearing away of these bevel gears. In an electric power steering system, the support shaft formed with the first bevel gear at its distal end is allowed to move toward the second bevel gear and is biased by the biasing member toward the second bevel gear, so that the first bevel gear is moved toward the second bevel gear according to the wearing away of these bevel gears.

Electric power steering system

A steering assist system which transmits the rotation of an electric motor to a steering shaft via a worm shaft and a worm wheel meshed with a worm of the worm shaft, where an output shaft of the electric motor and the worm shaft are interconnected via a joint. The joint includes a cylindrical first transmission member mounted on the output shaft, a cylindrical second transmission member to which the worm shaft is mounted, and a cylindrical elastic body interposed between the first and second transmission members. The joint may further include a torque limiter including a spring which is interposed between an end surface of the second transmission member and a spring seat formed at an end surface of a third transmission member in opposed relation with the end surface of the second transmission member for inhibiting relative rotation between the second and third transmission members.

Joint and a steering assist system using the same

An electric power steering apparatus in which a shaft of a worm interlocking with rotation of a motor for steering assistance is movable in a radial direction, a pressing body for pressing the worm toward a worm wheel is provided, and the pressing body is provided with a V-shaped contact portion to abut in two circumferential positions of the shaft and an annular elastic body for restricting movement of the pressing body in a direction crossing the radial direction.

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