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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2007
Masaki Tomaru, Gunma-ken, JP;
Chie Mitsuhashi, Gunma-ken, JP;
Takeshi Fujiwara, Gunma-ken, JP;
Yasuhiro Shibuya, Gunma-ken, JP;
Masaki Tomaru, Gunma-ken, JP;
Chie Mitsuhashi, Gunma-ken, JP;
Takeshi Fujiwara, Gunma-ken, JP;
Yasuhiro Shibuya, Gunma-ken, JP;
NSK Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electrically-driven steering column apparatus includes a steering column rotatably holding a steering shaft and capable of adjusting a position of the steering wheel, and a power transmission mechanism for transmitting to the steering column a rotational driving force of an electric motor as a position adjusting motion driving force, wherein the power transmission mechanism has a joint constructed of a spherical joint element and a cylindrical joint element in which the spherical joint element is slidably fitted, on within a driving force transmission route.