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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2017
Kubota Corporation, Osaka-shi, JP;
Hiroshi Takagi, Sakai, JP;
Hiroki Bessho, Sakai, JP;
Takafumi Komatsu, Sakai, JP;
Kensuke Okabe, Sakai, JP;
Takeshi Satozono, Sakai, JP;
Kubota Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a vehicle including a steering wheel arranged offset toward one side in a vehicle body right/left direction, and an electric power steering unit. The electric power steering unit includes a link mechanism operably connected to the steering wheel and extending from a right/left center side of the steering wheel toward a vehicle body right/left center side to be operably connected to a wheel side, an assist device for the link mechanism, a control lever arranged adjacent the vehicle body right/left center in the vicinity of the steering wheel, a rotation shaft operably connected to the control lever to be rotated about a right/left axis that extends in the vehicle body right/left direction, and a control cable operably connected to the rotation shaft. A base end portion of the control cable is more offset toward the one side than the assist device.