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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2007
Masaaki Hashimoto, Toyota, JP;
Masahiko Hirose, Osaka, JP;
Yoshihide Ohara, Okazaki, JP;
Takahiro Tanaka, Toyota, JP;
Masaaki Hashimoto, Toyota, JP;
Masahiko Hirose, Osaka, JP;
Yoshihide Ohara, Okazaki, JP;
Takahiro Tanaka, Toyota, JP;
JTEKT Corporation, Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
A steering apparatus includes an attaching bracket connecting end portions of a pair of tie rods to a rack shaft. The attaching bracket includes a base which is fixed to the rack shaft and includes at least one fixing member inserting hole through which a fixing member fixing the attaching bracket to the rack shaft is provided, and a supporting stay supporting the end portions of the pair of tie rods via ball joints respectively. The supporting stay extends from an intermediate portion of the base in an axial direction of the rack shaft. A center of the ball joint supporting the end portion of each of the tie rods is positioned offset from an axial line of the fixing member by a predetermined distance when viewed along the axial direction of the rack shaft.