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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2015
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Hiroaki Suzuki, Toyota, JP;
Shingo Ougita, Toyota, JP;
Tatsuya Kawai, Anjo, JP;
Toshinobu Maeda, Okazaki, JP;
Naohiro Sato, Okazaki, JP;
Yasutaka Fukumoto, Toyota, JP;
JTEKT CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An electric power steering device includes a restricting portion that is provided on at least one of surfaces of a housing and a worm wheel, the surfaces facing each other. The restricting portion is configured to restrict movement of the worm wheel to maintain a meshing relationship between a worm and the worm wheel that allows torque transmission between the worm and the worm wheel, when fixing of the worm wheel to an output shaft of a power assist actuator in an axial direction of the output shaft is released and the worm wheel is moved in the axial direction.