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US 2026/0285394 A1Published application
Electric steering column and vehicle having the same
OwnerSangchul KUinventor
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Abstract
The present embodiment relates to an electric steering column and a vehicle having the same. More specifically, it is possible to provide an electric steering column and a vehicle having the same, which can minimize motor output and reduce operating noise by reducing friction during forward and backward movement of a steering wheel, and can improve movement stability of the steering wheel by securing rigidity in up-down and left-right directions.
Claims20
An electric steering column comprising:
- a mounting bracket fixed to a vehicle body, having an accommodating space formed therein, and having a guide part formed on one side or both sides of the accommodating space in a width direction and extending in a steering wheel direction or an opposite direction;
- a support bracket contacting the guide part in a rolling friction manner, and installed in the accommodating space of the mounting bracket to be movable in the steering wheel direction or the opposite direction;
- an outer tube supported by the support bracket, wherein an inner tube supporting rotation of a steering shaft is installed to be insertable into or protrudable from the outer tube;
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- a tilting bracket installed between the support bracket and the outer tube to perform a tilting operation of a steering wheel.
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A vehicle comprising:
- an electric steering column rotatably supporting a steering wheel and comprising a reaction force driving unit generating a steering reaction force torque corresponding to manipulation of the steering wheel and providing the steering reaction force torque to a steering shaft rotating together with the steering wheel during rotation of the steering wheel;
- a steering driving unit mechanically separated from the steering shaft and changing a steering angle of a wheel based on an electrical signal;
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- a controller controlling the reaction force torque of the reaction force driving unit and a steering operation of the steering driving unit based on steering input information of the steering wheel and driving state information of the vehicle,
- wherein the electric steering column comprises:
- a mounting bracket fixed to a vehicle body, having an accommodating space formed therein, and having a guide part formed on one side or both sides of the accommodating space in a width direction and extending in a steering wheel direction or an opposite direction;
- a support bracket contacting the guide part in a rolling friction manner, and installed in the accommodating space of the mounting bracket to be movable in the steering wheel direction or the opposite direction;
- an outer tube supported by the support bracket, wherein an inner tube supporting rotation of the steering shaft is installed to be insertable into or protrudable from the outer tube;
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- a tilting bracket installed between the support bracket and the outer tube to perform a tilting operation of the steering wheel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.