Steering apparatus for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025222974-A1
Application number	US-202418949658-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 15, 2024
Priority date	Jan 5, 2024
Publication date	Jul 10, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A steering apparatus for a vehicle according to the present disclosure includes a housing, an input shaft part rotatably mounted in the housing, a conversion guide part mounted on the input shaft part and configured to guide the input shaft part so that the input shaft part rectilinearly moves in the housing, and a reaction force part configured to adjust a steering reaction force of the input shaft part while providing an elastic force to the input shaft part.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A steering apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
a housing; an input shaft part rotatably mounted in the housing; a conversion guide part mounted on the input shaft part and configured to guide the input shaft part to move rectilinearly in the housing; and a reaction force part configured to adjust a steering reaction force of the input shaft part while providing an elastic force to the input shaft part.

2 . The steering apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the reaction force part comprises:
a motor part including a motor shaft part; a screw nut part connected to the motor shaft part and configured to be moved by a rotation of the motor shaft part; and an elastic part interposed between the screw nut part and the input shaft part and configured to be elastically deformed by movements of the screw nut part and the input shaft part.

3 . The steering apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the screw nut part comprises:
a screw nut body part screw-fastened to the motor shaft part and configured to move in accordance with the rotation of the motor shaft part; a screw nut pressing part configured to press the elastic part while moving in accordance with a movement of the screw nut body part; and a screw nut interposition portion mounted on the motor shaft part and disposed between the screw nut body part and the screw nut pressing part.

4 . The steering apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the screw nut body part comprises:
a screw nut body movement portion screw-fastened to the motor shaft part; and a screw nut rotation restriction portion protruding externally of the screw nut body movement portion and configured to adjoin an inner side of the housing to restrict a rotation of the screw nut body movement portion.

5 . The steering apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the screw nut pressing part comprises:
a screw nut pressing movement portion having a central portion into which the motor shaft part is inserted; and a screw nut pressing rotation restriction portion protruding externally of the screw nut pressing movement portion and configured to adjoin the inner side of the housing to restrict a rotation of the screw nut pressing movement portion.

6 . The steering apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the screw nut pressing rotation restriction portion is configured to move toward the elastic part when pressed by the screw nut rotation restriction portion.

7 . The steering apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the screw nut pressing part further comprises a screw nut crest/trough portion having a crest and a trough formed on a surface of the screw nut pressing movement portion opposite to the screw nut interposition portion.

8 . The steering apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the screw nut interposition portion comprises:
a screw nut interposition body portion mounted on the motor shaft part and interposed between the screw nut body part and the screw nut pressing part; and a screw nut interposition protrusion portion protruding from the screw nut interposition body portion and configured to be rotatable in a state in which the screw nut interposition protrusion portion adjoins the screw nut crest/trough portion.

9 . The steering apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the screw nut interposition portion comprises:
a plurality of screw nut interposition portions protruding from the screw nut interposition body portion toward the input shaft part; and a screw nut interposition fastening portion fastened to the input shaft part.

10 . The steering apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the conversion guide part comprises:
a first conversion guide part adjoining the elastic part and receive an elastic force from the elastic part; a second conversion guide part spaced apart from the first conversion guide part and configured to allow the input shaft part to be rotatably mounted on the second conversion guide part; and a conversion rotation restriction part configured to connect the first conversion guide part and the second conversion guide part and restrict a rotation angle of the input shaft part.

11 . The steering apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the conversion guide part further comprises a plurality of conversion protruding portions respectively protruding from the first conversion guide part and the second conversion guide part and inserted into an inner surface of the housing.

12 . The steering apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the input shaft part comprises:
an input shaft rotatably mounted on the second conversion guide part; and an input protrusion portion protruding from an outer surface of the input shaft and configured to move between the first conversion guide part and the second conversion guide part, the input protrusion portion being configured to be caught by the conversion rotation restriction part so that a movement of the input protrusion portion is restricted.

13 . The steering apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the input shaft part further comprises an input fastening part mounted at an end of the input shaft and fastened to the screw nut interposition fastening portion.

14 . The steering apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the input fastening part comprises:
an input fastening base portion spaced apart from the input protrusion portion; a plurality of input fastening coupling portions protruding from a first side of the input fastening base portion and fastened to the screw nut interposition fastening portion; and an input fastening elastic portion interposed between the input fastening base portion and the input protrusion portion and configured to be elastically deformable.

15 . The steering apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the input fastening part further comprises an input fastening fixing portion protruding from a second side of the input fastening base portion and configured to be selectively coupled to the input protrusion portion while moving.

16 . The steering apparatus of claim 12 , further comprising a sensor part configured to measure a rotation angle of the input shaft part.

17 . The steering apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the sensor part comprises a torque and angle sensor (TAS) configured to measure an amount of torque of the input shaft and a rotation angle of the input protrusion portion.

18 . The steering apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the sensor part comprises a linear sensor configured to measure a position of the input protrusion portion.

Assignees

• Hyundai Mobis Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Bong Soo
• Kim Jeong Yeop

Classifications

• B62D5/006 Primary

  power actuated · CPC title

• B62D5/001

  Mechanical components or aspects of steer-by-wire systems, not otherwise provided for in this maingroup · CPC title

• B62D5/005 Primary

  means for generating torque on steering wheel or input member, e.g. feedback · CPC title