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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2010
Kisung Park, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Seil Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Youngho OH, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Soobo Park, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Kisung Park, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Seil Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Youngho Oh, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Soobo Park, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A steering apparatus for a vehicle may include a steering pinion rotated by operation of a steering wheel, and a steering rack bar having a rack engaged with the steering pinion to move straight in a longitudinal direction thereof, wherein a tooth gap in a gear of the rack changes such that a steering gear ratio corresponding to a linear displacement of the steering rack bar according to rotation of the steering pinion increases and then decreases in both sections from the center of the rack to both ends thereof.