Steering apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9327758-B2
Application number	US-201514625161-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 18, 2015
Priority date	Sep 12, 2014
Publication date	May 3, 2016
Grant date	May 3, 2016

Abstract

A steering apparatus includes a motor, a rack shaft, a belt transmission mechanism that is provided with a drive pulley connected to the motor, a driven pulley, and a belt wrapped around the drive pulley and the driven pulley, and a converting member that is provided to extend along an axial direction of the rack shaft and that converts a rotational force of the driven pulley into a movement force in the axial direction of the rack shaft. The driven pulley is fastened and fixed to the converting member by a bolt, and the steering apparatus further includes a retaining member that prevents detachment of the bolt by restricting movement of a head of the bolt.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A steering apparatus comprising:
a motor;
a rack shaft;
a belt transmission mechanism that is provided with a drive pulley connected to the motor, a driven pulley, and a belt wrapped around the drive pulley and the driven pulley; and
a converting member that is provided to extend along an axial direction of the rack shaft and that converts a rotational force of the driven pulley into a movement force in the axial direction of the rack shaft, wherein
the driven pulley is fastened and fixed to the converting member by a bolt,
the steering apparatus further comprises a retaining member that prevents detachment of the bolt by restricting movement of a head of the bolt;
a bearing that is fitted externally to an outer circumferential surface of the converting member; and
a collar that is fitted externally to the outer circumferential surface of the converting member and that positions the bearing in the axial direction, wherein
the retaining member is the collar.

2. The steering apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the driven pulley is fastened and fixed to the converting member by the bolt that is screwed into the converting member and the driven pulley from an inner side of the converting member in the axial direction of the converting member, and
the head of the bolt is positioned in a space enclosed by the driven pulley, the converting member and a housing supporting the converting member.

3. The steering apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the converting member is a ball screw, and
the driven pulley is fastened and fixed to a nut of the ball screw by the bolt.

4. The steering apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
the nut of the ball screw has a nut flange section formed in one end in the axial direction of the nut of the ball screw, and
the driven pulley is fastened and fixed to the nut flange section by the bolt.

5. The steering apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
a plurality of bolts are disposed in a circumferential direction around the rack shaft.

Assignees

• Showa Corp

Inventors

• Watanabe Naomasa
• Sakaida Shinichi

Classifications

• B62D5/0424

  the axes of motor and final driven element of steering gear, e.g. rack, being parallel · CPC title

• B62D5/0448 Primary

  Ball nuts · CPC title

• F16H2025/2096

  using endless flexible members · CPC title

• F16H25/24

  Elements essential to such mechanisms, e.g. screws, nuts (F16H25/22 takes precedence) · CPC title