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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2000
Applicants:
Yasuhiro Ishii, Osaka, JP;
Osamu Sano, Kashihara, JP;
Hirokazu Arai, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electric power steering apparatus in which steering assistance is achieved by transmitting a rotary motion of an electric motor for steering assistance to a steering shaft on which a worm wheel is mounted through a worm shaft on which a worm is mounted, wherein the worm shaft is deflectable toward the worm wheel and equipped with a biasing member biasing the worm shaft in the deflective direction thereof, or alternatively, the worm wheel is deflectable toward the worm shaft and equipped with a biasing member biasing the worm wheel in the deflective direction thereof.