Steering apparatus for a vehicle

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2006-06-06

2009-10-20

Morris, Lesley D (Department: 3611)

Motor vehicles

Steering gear

No mechanical connection between steering shaft and steering...

C180S405000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07604083

ABSTRACT:
To reduce the length in an axis direction of a steering unit and consequently to provide a vehicle steering apparatus with superior vehicle mountability, a steering apparatus for a vehicle has a steering unit, a reaction generating unit and a steered unit. The steering unit and the steered unit are mechanically separated. The apparatus includes a clutch that mechanically connects the steering unit and the steered unit, and a backup unit is provided between the clutch and the steered unit and transmits steering torque that is inputted from the steering unit, when the clutch is engaged, to the steered unit. A rotation conversion unit that outputs rotation in a rotation axis direction of the clutch that is different from the axis direction of the steering unit is provided between the reaction generating unit and the clutch.

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