Steering system
AssigneeHl Mando Corporation
InventorSeulki Yeom
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a steering system for a vehicle, and a steering system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a motor configured to assist a steering force by rotating a steering shaft, a first bevel gear coupled to a motor shaft of the motor, a first lock nut configured to fix the first bevel gear to the motor shaft, a second bevel gear configured to engage with the first bevel gear, a housing coupled to the motor and configured to accommodate the first bevel gear and the second bevel gear, the housing having a motor shaft support configured to support an end of the motor shaft, and a first bearing interposed between the motor shaft and the motor shaft support.
Claims20
A steering system comprising:
- a motor configured to assist a steering force by rotating a steering shaft;
- a first bevel gear coupled to a motor shaft of the motor;
- a first lock nut configured to fix the first bevel gear to the motor shaft;
- a second bevel gear comprising a gear main body configured to engage with the first bevel gear, and an input shaft extending from the gear main body and connected to the steering shaft;
- a housing coupled to the motor and comprising a first bevel gear accommodation portion configured to accommodate the first bevel gear, and a second bevel gear accommodation portion formed in a direction intersecting the first bevel gear accommodation portion and configured to accommodate the gear main body of the second bevel gear and at least a part of the input shaft, the housing having a motor shaft support formed in the first bevel gear accommodation portion and configured to support an end of the motor shaft;
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- a first bearing interposed between the motor shaft and the motor shaft support, wherein the first lock nut is positioned between the first bevel gear and the first bearing.
A steering system comprising:
- a hydraulic assistive steering power device configured to assist a steering force by being operated by hydraulic pressure of a working fluid;
- an electric assistive steering power device coupled to the hydraulic assistive steering power device and having a motor configured to assist the steering force by rotating a steering shaft;
- a first bevel gear coupled to a motor shaft of the motor;
- a first lock nut configured to fix the first bevel gear to the motor shaft;
- a second bevel gear comprising a gear main body configured to engage with the first bevel gear, and an input shaft extending from the gear main body and connected to the steering shaft;
- a housing coupled to the motor and comprising a first bevel gear accommodation portion configured to accommodate the first bevel gear, and a second bevel gear accommodation portion formed in a direction intersecting the first bevel gear accommodation portion and configured to accommodate the gear main body of the second bevel gear and at least a part of the input shaft, the housing having a motor shaft support formed in the first bevel gear accommodation portion and configured to support an end of the motor shaft;
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- a first bearing interposed between the motor shaft and the motor shaft support, wherein the first lock nut is positioned between the first bevel gear and the first bearing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.