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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2017
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka, JP;
Hiroki Murakami, Atsugi, JP;
Kohtaro Shiino, Isehara, JP;
HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD., Hitachinaka, JP;
Abstract
A power steering apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a steering mechanism having a steering shaft and a rack bar which steers steer steerable wheels by a movement in an axial direction of the rack bar in association with a rotation of steering shaft; an electrically driven motor having a stator, a rotor, and a drive shaft integrally rotated with the rotor; a worm gear transmitting the rotation of the drive shaft to the steering mechanism; a housing member having a reduction gear housing section, a rack bar housing section, and a motor ECU housing section in which the electrically driven motor and the control circuit are housed; and a moisture detection sensor having a moisture detection section disposed within the reduction gear housing section and a transmission section connected with the control circuit passing through an inner part of the motor ECU housing from the moisture detection section.