Motor vehicles – Steering gear – With electric power assist
Reexamination Certificate
2008-09-19
2011-12-13
Winner, Tony H. (Department: 3611)
Motor vehicles
Steering gear
With electric power assist
C180S444000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08074764
ABSTRACT:
A straddle type vehicle is provided with a body frame of a vehicle, a bar handle provided in a front portion of the vehicle body frame, a steering shaft transmitting a turning operation of the bar handle to a pair of right and left front wheels, and an electric power steering apparatus mounted in an intermediate portion of the steering shaft for assisting a steering motion of the bar handle. The electric power steering apparatus includes, in a state of the vehicle capable of being traveled, an electric power steering main body including an electric motor, a gear unit, an input shaft and an output shaft, an upper steering shaft in which the bar handle is attached to an upper end portion and an upper end of the input shaft is connected to a lower end portion, and a support member supporting the upper steering shaft.
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Banjo Tetsuya
Tsutsumikoshi Shinobu
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Knutson Jacob
Suzuki Kabushiki Kaisha
Winner Tony H.
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