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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011

Filed:

Nov. 04, 2008
Applicants:

Yasuo Shimizu, Saitama, JP;

Katsuji Watanabe, Saitama, JP;

Atsuhiko Yoneda, Saitama, JP;

Shigeru Yamawaki, Saitama, JP;

Inventors:

Yasuo Shimizu, Saitama, JP;

Katsuji Watanabe, Saitama, JP;

Atsuhiko Yoneda, Saitama, JP;

Shigeru Yamawaki, Saitama, JP;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An electric power steering device is configured to transmit an auxiliary torque to a steering unit of front wheels, and includes: an operator; an electric motor configured to generate the auxiliary torque in accordance with at least a steering torque generated by input from the operator; the steering unit of front wheels which includes a pinion shaft; and a rotation terminating mechanism which provides a motion terminating end of the operator, the rotation terminating mechanism being disposed between the operator and the pinion shaft.


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