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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2005
Yoshikazu Kuroumaru, Kashiwara, JP;
Shirou Nakano, Osaka, JP;
Katsutoshi Nishizaki, Nabari, JP;
JTEKT Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A second housing is aligned with a first housing at a predetermined position using positioning means that determines the mounting position of the housing with respect to the first housing at the predetermined position; steering shaft supporting sections and output shaft supporting sections are provided in the first housing and the second housing respectively while the housings being mounted using screws or the like; the second housing is removed temporarily from the first housing; a steering shaft and an output shaft are supported using the steering shaft supporting sections and the output shaft supporting sections; and the second housing is aligned again with the first housing at the predetermined position using the positioning means and mounted.