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Title:
ELECTRIC STEERING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2009248710
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide an electric steering device capable of further enhancing durability and meshing accuracy of a gear constituting a rack-and-pinion mechanism.

The electric steering device 10 is a device having an electric motor 46 for giving assistant force relative to steering force inputted from a steering wheel 16 and performing steering of the vehicle 12 by transmitting the steering force including the assistant force to the steered wheel 14 at least a part through the rack-and-pinion mechanism 30. The rack-and-pinion mechanism 30 is provided with: a pinion 38 provided on a pinion shaft 28 connected to the steering wheel 16; a rack 40 provided on a rack shaft 32 connected to the steered wheel 14 over predetermined width and meshing with the pinion 38; and a rack guide 70 for urging the rack shaft 32 to the pinion 38. In the rack 40, a pressure angle 1 of a tooth root is set largely relative to a pressure angle 0 of a tooth tip.


Inventors:
WATANABE KATSUJI
SHIMIZU YASUO
MATSUO TAKESHI
Application Number:
JP2008098209A
Publication Date:
October 29, 2009
Filing Date:
April 04, 2008
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
HONDA MOTOR CO LTD
International Classes:
B62D5/04; B62D3/12; B62D5/22
Domestic Patent References:
JPH07215224A1995-08-15
JP2005319971A2005-11-17
JP2000130560A2000-05-12
JP2001133343A2001-05-18
JPH0238379U1990-03-14
JP2001163228A2001-06-19
JP2003106393A2003-04-09
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takehiro Chiba
Toshiyuki Miyadera
Naoki Kashima
Yasuo Takubo
Shuji Ouchi