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US 11,628,876 B2Granted
Vehicle steering device and assembling method thereof
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakashi Miyoshi, Tsutomu Tatsuishi
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Abstract
A vehicle steering device includes a positioning clip configured to align a pinion shaft with a joint portion of a steering shaft, wherein the pinion shaft includes a torsion bar and a tubular member having the torsion bar inserted thereinto, an upper end of the torsion bar is axially further away from the joint portion than an upper end of the tubular member, the positioning clip includes an inserted portion to be inserted into the tubular member, and a gap between the inserted portion and the tubular member is sealed.
Claims6
A vehicle steering device comprising:
- a pinion shaft provided in a steering gear box;
- a joint portion of a steering shaft coupled with the pinion shaft;
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- a positioning clip configured to align the pinion shaft with the joint portion,
- wherein the pinion shaft includes a torsion bar and a tubular member having the torsion bar inserted thereinto,
- an upper end of the torsion bar is axially further away from the joint portion than an upper end of the tubular member,
- the positioning clip includes an inserted portion inserted into the tubular member, leaving an empty space between the torsion bar and the inserted portion within the tubular member, and
- a gap between the inserted portion and the tubular member is sealed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.