Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.

Ryouhei Kizu

Masahiro Harada

Nobuo Hiraiwa

Mitsuru Naka

Akio Numasawa

Teruo Kobayasi

A power steering device comprising: an input and an output shafts connected to each other by a torsion bar in a manner to be relatively rotatable in the same direction; a valve spool concentrically disposed around said input shaft and axially movably provided; balls provided in first moving paths and engaged with said valve spool; and pins formed on said valve spool and engaged with second moving paths. Said first moving paths are given torsions at a certain angle with respect to said second moving paths. Said valve spool is axially moved in accordance with a relative rotation between said input and output shafts to change one oil channel over to the other.

Power steering device

A steering wheel assembly in which a hub is mounted at one end of a steering shaft and is connected to a rim by a plurality of spokes. A cover is mounted over the spokes and is formed by a base layer and a coated surface layer of a resilient material. The free end of a bent portion of the cover is disposed adjacent to an outer edge portion of the hub.

Steering wheel assembly

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Toyota, Japan

Ryouhei Kizu