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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2011
Chien-tai Huang, Changhua County, TW;
Yan-sin Liao, Changhua County, TW;
Tsung-hsien HU, Changhua County, TW;
Chien-Tai Huang, Changhua County, TW;
Yan-Sin Liao, Changhua County, TW;
Tsung-Hsien Hu, Changhua County, TW;
Automotive Research & Testing Center, Changhua County, TW;
Abstract
A variable ratio transmission mechanism is used in an automobile. The automobile includes first and second steering shafts extending along a first direction. The variable ratio transmission mechanism includes a securing unit connected to the first steering shaft, a connecting unit connected to the second steering shaft, a motor connected to the securing unit and including a revolving shaft that extends rotatably along a second direction different from the first direction, and a transmitting unit including a worm gear that is provided on the connecting unit and a worm that is provided on the revolving shaft and that engages and is angularly-slidable relative to the worm gear.