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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020
Filed:
May. 16, 2014
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
JTEKT CORPORATION, Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
An electric power steering system includes: a steered shaft, a housing containing the steered shaft therein in a movable manner; a ball screw nut engaged threadedly to the steered shaft via a plurality of balls and configured to move the steered shaft in an axial direction; a double row angular contact ball bearing configured to retain the ball screw nut and to support the retained ball screw nut rotatably relative to the housing; a wall portion placed at either side of the double row angular contact ball bearing in the axial direction of the steered shaft, the wall portion being formed integrally with the housing; and an elastic member provided between the wall portion and the outer ring portion and configured to retain the double row angular contact ball bearing to be elastically displaceable in the axial direction.