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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2011
Norio Hosomi, Yokohama, JP;
Tadakatsu Take, Ebina, JP;
Junya Takekawa, Atsugi, JP;
Ryouichi Suzuki, Yamato, JP;
Shuta Togashi, Aikou-gun, JP;
Norio Hosomi, Yokohama, JP;
Tadakatsu Take, Ebina, JP;
Junya Takekawa, Atsugi, JP;
Ryouichi Suzuki, Yamato, JP;
Shuta Togashi, Aikou-gun, JP;
JTEKT Corporation, Osaka-Shi, JP;
Abstract
An electric power steering apparatus includes a steering column that is swung around a tilting spindle during tilt adjustment, a fixing bracket that supports the steering column through the tilting spindle, and an electric motor that is supported by the steering column and used as a steering auxiliary. The fixing bracket includes a pair of side plates facing each other with the steering shaft therebetween in a vehicle width direction and a connection member through which the pair of side plates are connected together. Either one of the pair of side plates is provided with a first restraining portion that restrains the steering column from rotating in a first rotation direction around the tilting spindle. The remaining one of the pair of side plates is provided with a second restraining portion that restrains the steering column from rotating in a second rotation direction opposite to the first rotation direction.