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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2003
Kiyoshi Sadakata, Gunma-ken, JP;
Kiyoharu Higashino, Gunma-ken, JP;
Akira Aida, Gunma-ken, JP;
Yuji Kawaike, Gunma-ken, JP;
Kiyoshi Sadakata, Gunma-ken, JP;
Kiyoharu Higashino, Gunma-ken, JP;
Akira Aida, Gunma-ken, JP;
Yuji Kawaike, Gunma-ken, JP;
NSK Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electric power steering apparatus includes a steering shaft having its upper end to which a steering wheel is fitted, a steering column rotatably supporting the steering shaft, tilting about a pivot as a fulcrum and moving telescopically together the steering shaft in axis-directions, an electric assist motor unit attached to the steering column and serving for a steering assist of the steering wheel, and a tilt/telescopic adjustment means for fixing the steering column in a predetermined angular position and fixing the steering column in a predetermined axis-directional position, wherein the pivot is disposed between the electric motor unit and the tilt/telescopic adjustment means.