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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2004
Applicant:
Yasuhisa Yamada, Gunma-ken, JP;
Inventor:
Yasuhisa Yamada, Gunma-ken, JP;
Assignees:
NSK Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
NSK Steering Systems Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 7/16 (2006.01); B62D 5/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is disclosed a steering apparatus for a vehicle in which a steering power of a steering shaft is assisted by a column-assist type electric power steering apparatus so that the steering power is transmitted to steer the wheels by means of a steering mechanism, in which a telescopic shaft with a male shaft and a female shaft fitted to each other to be mutually unrotatable and slidable is interposed between an output shaft of said column-assist type electric power steering apparatus and an input shaft of the steering mechanism.