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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
May. 18, 2017
Applicant:
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroshi Yano, Kashiba, JP;
Hiroshi Negoro, Kashihara, JP;
Assignee:
JTEKT CORPORATION, Osaka-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/04 (2006.01); B62D 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/04 (2013.01); B62D 3/12 (2013.01); B62D 5/0421 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electric power steering system includes a rack housing configured to accommodate a rack shaft, a pinion shaft meshed with the rack shaft, a speed-reducer including a worm wheel connected to a portion of the second pinion shaft protruding from the rack housing, a speed-reducer housing configured to accommodate the speed-reducer, and a seal member having an annular shape. The seal member is disposed closer to the second pinion gear than the worm wheel is, in the speed-reducer housing. The sear member seals a clearance between the second pinion shaft and the speed-reducer housing.