Tie rod end and method of producing the same

Abstract

A tie rod end of a vehicle steering apparatus, wherein a first end of the tie rod end is coupled to an axial member disposed so as to extend in a vehicle width direction and configured to move in the width direction in accordance with a steering operation, and a second end of the tie rod end is coupled to a steering knuckle holding a wheel, wherein the tie rod end includes a curved portion which is curved between the first end and the second end, the curved portion including a first-end-side portion located near to the first end, a second-end-side portion located near to the second end, and an intermediate portion located between the first-end-side portion and the second-end-side portion, and wherein a width of the curved portion in a curve direction is larger at the intermediate portion than at the first-end-side portion and the second-end-side portion.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.