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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2015
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
JTEKT CORPORATION, Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
A steering device includes a ball screw mechanismthat applies a force in the axial direction to a rack shaft of a vehicle, and a bearing that rotatably supports a nut with respect to a housing. The steering device also includes a plate disposed with a gap between the bearing and the plate in a rack shaft axial direction, and a coned disc spring disposed between the bearing and the plate. The plate abuts against the housing in the rack shaft axial direction. The coned disc spring elastically supports the nut in the rack shaft axial direction via the bearing. One side surface of the plate that faces the coned disc spring is formed in a tapered shape so as to cross a rack shaft radial direction.