Steering apparatus
AssigneeHl Mando Corporation
InventorKyungsub Shin
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Abstract
A steering apparatus includes a housing in which a rod slidably provided in an axial direction for wheel steering is accommodated and a sensor coupler passing through an inner surface and an outer surface to expose a part of the rod is provided, a rotation preventer coupled to the rod through the sensor coupler to be moved together with the rod and supported in a width direction of the housing to limit rotation of the rod, a damper coupled to the rotation preventer to be disposed between the sensor coupler and the rotation preventer, a magnet holder coupled to the rotation preventer to be moved together with the rod and provided with a magnet, and a sensing unit coupled to the sensor coupler and including a sensor configured to sense a position of the magnet.
Claims14
A steering apparatus comprising:
- a housing in which a rod slidably provided in an axial direction for wheel steering is accommodated and a sensor coupler passing through an inner surface and an outer surface to expose a part of the rod is provided;
- a rotation preventer coupled to the rod through the sensor coupler to be moved together with the rod and supported in a width direction of the housing to limit rotation of the rod;
- a damper coupled to the rotation preventer to be disposed between the sensor coupler and the rotation preventer;
- a magnet holder coupled to the rotation preventer to be moved together with the rod and provided with a magnet;
- and
- a sensing unit coupled to the sensor coupler and including a sensor configured to sense a position of the magnet,
- wherein the rotation preventer includes a support member to be coupled to the rod,
- wherein the damper is coupled to an outer surface of the support member, and provided between the support member and the sensor coupler in a compressed state,
- wherein the support member comprises:
- a coupling portion with a center that protrudes upward;
- coupling holes formed on both sides of the coupling portion in the axial direction to be coupled to the rod;
- and
- a fastening groove that is formed in the coupling portion and that is coupled with the magnet holder, and
- wherein the rotation preventer further includes fixing bolts that are inserted into the coupling holes to couple the coupling portion to the rod.
A steering apparatus comprising:
- a housing in which a rod slidably provided in an axial direction for wheel steering is accommodated and a sensor coupler passing through an inner surface and an outer surface to expose a part of the rod is provided;
- a rotation preventer coupled to the rod through the sensor coupler to be moved together with the rod and supported in a width direction of the housing to limit rotation of the rod;
- a damper coupled to the rotation preventer to be disposed between the sensor coupler and the rotation preventer;
- a magnet holder movably coupled to the rotation preventer to be moved together with the rod and provided with a magnet;
- and
- a sensing unit coupled to the sensor coupler and including a sensor configured to sense a position of the magnet,
- wherein:
- the magnet holder includes a main body, a magnet fixed to the main body, and a spherical fastener inserted into a fastening groove provided in the rotation preventer;
- the fastener is rotatable by a predetermined angle with respect to a center of the fastener within the fastening groove, and is movable in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the rod within the fastening groove;
- and
- the magnet is integrally provided with the main body by insert injection molding.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.