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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2008
Applicants:
Kohtaro Shiino, Isehara, JP;
Akira Takahashi, Isehara, JP;
Toshiro Yoda, Higashimatsuyama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/04 (2006.01); B62D 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A steering apparatus includes an axle housing rotatably supporting a wheel hub on which a steered road wheel is installed, and a lower suspension-system control arm adapted to be oscillatingly supported at one end on a vehicle body and having a turning portion provided at the other end for pivotably supporting the axle housing by the turning portion. An electric motor is installed on the lower arm for turning the axle housing by a driving force produced by the motor. A rotation axis of the motor and a pivot of the axle housing are arranged to be offset from each other.