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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2012
Daesuk Jung, Hadong-gun, KR;
Un Koo Lee, Seoul, KR;
Soobo Park, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A steering apparatus of a vehicle including a motor, a motor shaft, a power delivery section selectively engaged to the motor shaft, a variable steering section connected to the steering column and selectively engaged to the motor shaft to control an angle and a length of the steering column, a connecting section selectively engaged to the motor shaft and delivering the torque of the motor to the variable steering section, and a first converting section delivering the torque of the motor to one of the power delivery section and the connecting section, wherein the first converting section includes a motor clutch coupling a power delivery shaft of the power delivery section to or decoupling the power delivery shaft from the motor shaft, and a delivery member engaged to the motor shaft when the motor shaft is decoupled from the power delivery shaft by the motor clutch.