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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2009
Shigeki Nagase, Nabari, JP;
Ken Matsubara, Matsubara, JP;
Minoru Sentoku, Kashiba, JP;
Kunihiro Oka, Kashihara, JP;
Motoo Nakai, Nara, JP;
Kouya Yoshida, Toyota, JP;
Nobuhiro Uchida, Toyota, JP;
Naotake Kanda, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Shigeki Nagase, Nabari, JP;
Ken Matsubara, Matsubara, JP;
Minoru Sentoku, Kashiba, JP;
Kunihiro Oka, Kashihara, JP;
Motoo Nakai, Nara, JP;
Kouya Yoshida, Toyota, JP;
Nobuhiro Uchida, Toyota, JP;
Naotake Kanda, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
JTEKT Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a vehicle steering apparatus () equipped with a control device () which controls the actuation of an electric motor (). First and second housings (), which are in contact with each other, partition off an accommodation chamber () which contains the control device (). The first housing () is at least one part of the motor housing (). The first housing () includes a first interior wall surface () which partially partitions the accommodation chamber (). The second housing () includes a second interior wall surface () which partially partitions the accommodation chamber (). The first and the second interior wall surfaces () are opposite each other with respect to the axial direction (X) of a rotatable shaft () of an electric motor (). The second interior wall surface () includes the flat annular surface that surrounds a central axis (C) of the rotatable shaft () and an extension (C) of the central axis (C). The flat circular surface is orthogonal to the central axis (C) and the extension (C) of same.