Steering device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11565740-B2
Application number	US-202117307531-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 4, 2021
Priority date	Dec 3, 2018
Publication date	Jan 31, 2023
Grant date	Jan 31, 2023

Abstract

A steering device includes: a housing including a first planar surface, the housing being configured to accommodate a part of a rack shaft; an electric motor including a second planar surface facing the first planar surface, the electric motor including a bracket configured to support a rotary shaft; a tightening member configured to tighten the housing and the bracket in a state where the first planar surface and the second planar surface are mated; and a sealing member configured to provide sealing between the housing and the bracket at a position that is closer to the rotary shaft than the tightening member is. At least one of the first planar surface and the second planar surface is formed with a recess located between the tightening member and the sealing member and depressed from the at least one of the first planar surface and the second planar surface.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A steering device comprising:
a housing including a first planar surface, the housing being configured to accommodate a part of a rack shaft;
an electric motor including a second planar surface facing the first planar surface, the electric motor including a bracket configured to support a rotary shaft;
a tightening member configured to tighten the housing and the bracket in a state where the first planar surface and the second planar surface are mated; and
a sealing member configured to provide sealing between the housing and the bracket at a position that is closer to the rotary shaft than the tightening member is, wherein
at least one of the first planar surface and the second planar surface is formed with a recess located between the tightening member and the sealing member and depressed from the at least one of the first planar surface and the second planar surface,
the bracket includes an outer peripheral surface, the outer peripheral surface being formed with a groove configured to be fitted with the sealing member,
the housing includes an inner peripheral surface facing the outer peripheral surface,
the first planar surface includes a first annular surface and a second annular surface, the first annular surface being formed at an end of a first cylindrical portion of the housing in an axial direction of the rotary shaft, the first cylindrical portion including the inner peripheral surface on an inner periphery thereof, the second annular surface being formed at an end of a second cylindrical portion of the housing in the axial direction, the second cylindrical portion being located closer to the tightening member than the first cylindrical portion is,
the recess is formed between the first annular surface and the second annular surface, and
the housing includes a rib in the recess, the rib being configured to connect an outer periphery of the first cylindrical portion and an inner periphery of the second cylindrical portion.

2. The steering device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first planar surface includes a third annular surface and a first connecting surface, the third annular surface being of an annular shape and formed around the tightening member, the first connecting surface being configured to connect the second annular surface and the third annular surface.

3. The steering device according to claim 2 , wherein
the first planar surface includes a second connecting surface configured to connect the first annular surface and the second annular surface, and
the first connecting surface and the second connecting surface are displaced from each other in a rotational direction of the rotary shaft.

4. A steering device comprising:
a housing including a first planar surface and an inner peripheral surface, the housing being configured to accommodate a part of a rack shaft;
an electric motor including a second planar surface and an outer peripheral surface respectively facing the first planar surface and the inner peripheral surface, the electric motor including a bracket configured to support a rotary shaft; and
a tightening member configured to tighten the housing and the bracket in a state where the first planar surface and the second planar surface are mated, wherein
a gap larger than a gap between the first planar surface and the second planar surface is formed between a tightened portion and a first cylindrical portion of the housing, the tightened portion being a portion composed of the first planar surface and the second planar surface and tightened by the tightening member, the first cylindrical portion including the inner peripheral surface of the housing on an inner periphery thereof, and
an end of the first cylindrical portion in an axial direction of the rotary shaft protrudes toward the second planar surface relative to the first planar surface.

5. The steering device according to claim 4 , wherein
the first planar surface includes one annular surface formed at an end of a second cylindrical portion of the housing in the axial direction of the rotary shaft, the second cylindrical portion being located closer to the tightening member than the first cylindrical portion, and
the housing includes a recess located between the first cylindrical portion and the second cylindrical portion and depressed away from the second planar surface relative to the first planar surface.

6. The steering device according to claim 5 , wherein
the housing includes a rib in the recess, the rib being configured to connect an outer periphery of the first cylindrical portion and an inner periphery of the second cylindrical portion.

7. The steering device according to claim 5 , wherein
the first planar surface includes another annular surface and a first connecting surface, the other annular surface being of an annular shape and formed around the tightening member, the first connecting surface being configured to connect the one annular surface and the other annular surface.

8. The steering device according to claim 7 , wherein
the first planar surface includes a second connecting surface configured to connect the one annular surface and the first cylindrical portion, and
the first connecting surface and the second connecting surface are displaced from each other in a rotational direction of the rotary shaft.

9. The steering device according to claim 6 , wherein
the first planar surface includes another annular surface and a first connecting surface, the other annular surface being of an annular shape and formed around the tightening member, the first connecting surface being configured to connect the one annular surface and the other annular surface.

10. The steering device according to claim 9 , wherein
the first planar surface includes a second connecting surface configured to connect the one annular surface and the first cylindrical portion, and
the first connecting surface and the second connecting surface are displaced from each other in a rotational direction of the rotary shaft.

Assignees

• Hitachi Astemo Ltd

Inventors

• Hamaguchi yusuke

Classifications

• B62D5/0421 Primary

  Electric motor acting on or near steering gear · CPC title

• B62D5/0403 Primary

  characterised by constructional features, e.g. common housing for motor and gear box · CPC title

• B62D3/126

  characterised by the rack · CPC title

• B62D5/0409

  Electric motor acting on the steering column · CPC title

• H02K5/10

  with arrangements for protection from ingress, e.g. water or fingers · CPC title