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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2012
Applicant:
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
JTEKT Corporation, Osaka-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/0448 (2013.01); B62D 5/0442 (2013.01);
Abstract
Assist force that assists an operation of a steering system of a vehicle is applied to a rack shaft by transmitting driving force of a motor to the rack shaft via a motor shaft and a ball screw nut. A step is formed on the outer periphery of the ball screw nut. An end portion of a third housing is arranged to face a bearing such that the distance that the ball screw nut is able to move relative to the motor shaft in axial direction and the relative movable length is longer than a predetermined length.