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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1994
Mitsutaka Sugino, Saitama, JP;
Yasuo Shimizu, Saitama, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electrically operated power steering apparatus having an electric motor for producing forces to assist in axially moving a rack shaft having rack teeth held in mesh with a pinion mounted on an end of a steering shaft with a steering wheel mounted thereon. The electric motor and the rack shaft are accommodated in a housing assembly which comprise a first housing and a second housing which are separate from and fastened to each other in an axial direction of the rack shaft. The second housing comprises a smaller-diameter portion, a medium-diameter portion, and a larger-diameter portion which are axially successively joined by tapered portions. The electric motor has a stator fixed to an inner surface of the larger-diameter portion and a rotor rotatably disposed around the rack shaft in the larger-diameter portion.