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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2016
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki, JP;
Subaru Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hirokazu Okamoto, Atsugi, JP;
Yusuke Fukuda, Atsugi, JP;
Hiroyuki Oiwa, Ota, JP;
Mitsuharu Minami, Ota, JP;
HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD., Hitachinaka-Shi, JP;
SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electric power steering apparatus according to the present invention has a biasing member arranged to bias a rack retainer toward a rack bar, wherein a biasing force of the biasing member is set such that, in a two-axis coordinate system with a rotation amount of a steering wheel on a horizontal axis and a steering torque on a vertical axis, the steering torque increases with increase in the rotation amount of the steering wheel in a region before the start of relative movement of the rack bar and the rack retainer.
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