Motor vehicles – Steering gear – With electric power assist
Reexamination Certificate
2005-03-22
2005-03-22
Morris, Lesley D. (Department: 3611)
Motor vehicles
Steering gear
With electric power assist
C180S446000, C701S041000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06868936
ABSTRACT:
An improvement to an electric power steering apparatus which applies an assisting torque produced by an electric motor in correspondence with a steering torque to a rack shaft by way of a belt type transmission mechanism. A driving pulley of the belt type transmission mechanism is mounted to an output shaft part of the motor shaft of the electric motor. This output shaft part is rotatably supported at locations on both sides of the driving pulley.
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Shimizu Yasuo
Watanabe Katsuji
Yoneda Atsuhiko
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Merchant & Gould P.C.
Morris Lesley D.
Yeagley Daniel
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