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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2015
Applicant:
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Masashi Yamaguchi, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
JTEKT CORPORATION, Osaka-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/04 (2006.01); F16G 1/28 (2006.01); F16H 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16G 1/28 (2013.01); B62D 5/0424 (2013.01); F16H 7/023 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electric power steering device includes a motor, a drive pulley that is connected to the output shaft of the motor and includes helical teeth, a driven pulley that is arranged coaxially with a rack shaft and includes helical teeth, and a belt that is wound around these pulleys and includes helical teeth meshing with the respective helical teeth of both pulleys. Internal teeth on a belt each are formed to have a tooth thickness that is reduced toward both ends thereof along the width direction of the belt.