Motor vehicles – Steering gear – With electric power assist
Reexamination Certificate
2004-12-07
2008-05-27
Morris, Lesley D. (Department: 3611)
Motor vehicles
Steering gear
With electric power assist
C180S426000, C180S443000, C074S425000, C074S462000, C074S457000, C074S3880PS, C074S443000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07377355
ABSTRACT:
In a motor-driven power steering apparatus for a vehicle in which a worm wheel of a worm gear type speed reduction mechanism is fixed to a pinion shaft of a rack and pinion mechanism, a direction of a torsion angle β of a helical pinion provided in the pinion shaft is set to be opposite to a direction of a tooth lead angle γ of the worm wheel.
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Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 2001-278077, Oct. 10, 2001.
Sasaki Yutaka
Yoshida Katsuyuki
Arce-Diaz Marlon
Morris Lesley D.
Orum & Roth LLC
Showa Corporation
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