Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Reexamination Certificate
2007-04-03
2007-04-03
Culbreth, Eric (Department: 3616)
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
C074S493000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10520353
ABSTRACT:
An electric power steering apparatus includes a steering shaft having its upper end to which a steering wheel is fitted, a steering column rotatably supporting the steering shaft, tilting about a pivot as a fulcrum and moving telescopically together the steering shaft in axis-directions, an electric assist motor unit attached to the steering column and serving for a steering assist of the steering wheel, and a tilt/telescopic adjustment means for fixing the steering column in a predetermined angular position and fixing the steering column in a predetermined axis-directional position, wherein the pivot is disposed between the electric motor unit and the tilt/telescopic adjustment means.
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Aida Akira
Higashino Kiyoharu
Kawaike Yuji
Sadakata Kiyoshi
Culbreth Eric
Gooden, Jr. Barry
Miles & Stockbridge P.C.
NSK Ltd.
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