US 2017/0001658 A1Published application

Vehicle

AssigneeKubota Corporation

InventorsHiroshi Takagi, Hiroki Bessho, Takafumi Komatsu, Kensuke Okabe, Takeshi Satozono

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Abstract

Disclosed is a vehicle including a steering wheel arranged offset toward one side in a vehicle body right/left direction, and an electric power steering unit. The electric power steering unit includes a link mechanism operably connected to the steering wheel and extending from a right/left center side of the steering wheel toward a vehicle body right/left center side to be operably connected to a wheel side, an assist device for the link mechanism, a control lever arranged adjacent the vehicle body right/left center in the vicinity of the steering wheel, a rotation shaft operably connected to the control lever to be rotated about a right/left axis that extends in the vehicle body right/left direction, and a control cable operably connected to the rotation shaft. A base end portion of the control cable is more offset toward the one side than the assist device.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A vehicle comprising:

a steering wheel arranged offset toward one side in a vehicle body right/left direction relative to a vehicle body right/left center;
and
an electric power steering unit operable to assist operation of the steering wheel, the electric power steering unit including:
a link mechanism operably connected to the steering wheel, the link mechanism extending from a right/left center side of the steering wheel toward a vehicle body right/left center side to be operably connected to a wheel side,
an assist device operable to supply assistive motive power to the link mechanism in accordance with operation of the steering wheel,
a control lever arranged adjacent the vehicle body right/left center in a vicinity of the steering wheel,
a rotation shaft operably connected to the control lever to be rotatable about a right/left axis that extends in the vehicle body right/left direction, and
a control cable operably connected to the rotation shaft, a base end portion of the control cable being more offset toward the one side in the vehicle body right/left direction than the assist device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/165,005Filed 26 May 2016
Priority: JP 2015-1339482 Jul 2015
Published: 5 Jan 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

B62D 5/0409
Electrical, e.g. using an electric servo-motor connected to, or forming part of, the steering gear: electric motor acting on the steering column
B60R 16/0215
Wire harnesses: protecting, fastening and routing means therefor
B62D 23/005
Combined superstructure and frame, i.e. monocoque constructions: with integrated chassis in the whole shell, e.g. meshwork, tubes, or the like
B62D 25/10
Front or rear portions: bonnets or lids , e.g. for trucks, tractors, busses, work vehicles