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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Steering Solutions Ip Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Inventors:
Eric D. Pattok, Frankenmuth, MI (US);
John S. Beam, Freeland, MI (US);
Assignee:
STEERING SOLUTIONS IP HOLDING CORPORATION, Saginaw, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/04 (2006.01); B60T 13/74 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 13/745 (2013.01); B62D 5/0448 (2013.01); B60T 13/746 (2013.01);
Abstract
A power assist system includes a motor having a rotor shaft, a drive pulley attached to the rotor shaft, a driven pulley, a flexible belt configured to connect the drive pulley to the driven pulley, and a ball screw assembly. The ball screw assembly includes a rotatable ball screw rotatable with the driven pulley, a linearly translated ball nut surrounding the ball screw, and an anti-rotation device arranged to prevent rotation of the ball nut.