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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 27, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shuji Endo, Maebashi, JP;
Hiroyuki Kano, Maebashi, JP;
Hideaki Kawada, Maebashi, JP;
Yasuhiko Miyaura, Gunma-ken, JP;
Isamu Chikuma, Maebashi, JP;
Hiroshi Eda, Maebashi, JP;
Shozo Sekiya, Maebashi, JP;
Nobuyasu Ando, Takasaki, JP;
Kenichi Hayakawa, Maebashi, JP;
Assignee:
NSK Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180444 ; 180446 ;
Abstract
In order to provide an electric power steering apparatus which can be made compact as well as reduced in cost and can be improved in reliability, a control circuit and a drive circuit are provided on a deformable flexible circuit substrate. The circuit substrate is provided on the housing of a reduction gear mechanism while being deformed so as to cover a portion of the outer surface of the housing along the shape of the outer surface.