Steering apparatus
AssigneeSubaru Corporation
InventorYuichiro TSUKASAKI
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Abstract
A steering apparatus for use in a vehicle equipped with a steer-by-wire system includes a shaft, a first reaction force member, and a second reaction force member. The shaft is configured to be able to rotate with rotation of a steering wheel disposed in a vehicle compartment. The first reaction force member is configured to apply a first reaction force in a direction opposite to a direction of the rotation of the shaft. The second reaction force member is configured to be able to apply and stop applying a second reaction force to the shaft. The second reaction force is different from the first reaction force and applied in a direction opposite to the direction of the rotation of the shaft. The second reaction force member applies the second reaction force when there is a decrease in the first reaction force.
Claims12
A steering apparatus for use in a vehicle equipped with a steer-by-wire system, the apparatus comprising:
- a shaft rotatable with rotation of a steering wheel disposed in a vehicle compartment;
- a first reaction force member configured to apply a first reaction force in a direction opposite to a direction of the rotation of the shaft;
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- a second reaction force member configured to capable of applying and stopping applying a second reaction force to the shaft, the second reaction force being different from the first reaction force and being applied in a direction opposite to the direction of the rotation of the shaft,
- wherein the second reaction force member applies the second reaction force when there is a decrease in the first reaction force.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.