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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2012
Applicant:
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
JTEKT Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/04 (2006.01); F16C 23/08 (2006.01); F16H 55/24 (2006.01); F16C 27/04 (2006.01); F16H 57/021 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/0403 (2013.01); F16C 23/08 (2013.01); F16H 55/24 (2013.01); F16H 2057/0213 (2013.01); F16C 27/04 (2013.01); B62D 5/0409 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided an urging mechanism that elastically urges a second end portion of a worm shaft that is supported so as to be pivotable about a first end portion. The urging mechanism is configured to adjust a backlash between the worm shaft and a worm wheel by elastically urging the second end portion in a perpendicular direction that is perpendicular to a direction in which an inter-axis distance between the worm shaft and the worm wheel increases and decreases, in a state where increases and decreases in the inter-axis distance is prevented.