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Patent No.:

US 9061698 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 04, 2013

Speed reducer and electric power steering system

Applicant:

Jtekt Corporation, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Yuji Wakugawa, Kashihara, JP;

Ryuji Nakata, Osaka, JP;

Atsuhiro Yoshida, Nara, JP;

Wataru Yamada, Kashiwara, JP;

Jun Hamakita, Kashihara, JP;

Hideyuki Honkado, Shiki-gun, JP;

Assignee:

JTEKT CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;

Attorney:

Oliff PLC

Primary Examiner:

Tony Winner

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/04 (2006.01); B62D 3/04 (2006.01); F16H 1/16 (2006.01); F16H 57/04 (2010.01); F16H 57/039 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 3/04 (2013.01); F16H 1/16 (2013.01); Y10T 74/19828 (2015.01); F16H 57/0498 (2013.01); F16H 57/0464 (2013.01); B62D 5/0409 (2013.01); F16H 57/039 (2013.01);
Abstract

A speed reducer for an electric power steering system includes a worm, a worm wheel, and a housing. Only a meshing section where the worm and the worm wheel mesh with each other and a space between the worm wheel and the housing are filled with grease. The grease in the space is in contact with both tooth surfaces of the worm wheel and an inner peripheral face of the housing, the inner peripheral face facing the worm wheel.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Wakugawa, Yuji. (2015). Speed reducer and electric power steering system (U.S. Patent No. 9061698). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9061698

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