Wheel steering apparatus
US6662921B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 2, 2002 |
| Grant date | Dec 16, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 2, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T74/18696
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
To provide a wheel steering apparatus capable of exhibiting a stabilized vehicle steerability without transmitting an external disturbance torque to a motor rotor even when the wheel receives an axially acting external force, this wheel steering apparatus includes a reciprocatingly movable rod 3 drivingly connected with a support member 2 for steerably supporting a wheel 1, and a ball screw mechanism 5 for reciprocatingly moving the rod 3 in response to rotation of a drive motor 4. In a rotational transmission system for transmitting rotation of the drive motor 4 to a nut member 5b of the ball screw mechanism 5, a clutch assembly 6 defining a reverse input limiting means is provided for preventing a rotar of the drive motor 4 from being rotated by the external force acting on the wheel 1. This clutch assembly 6 used is of a design wherein although rotation can be transmitted from an input shaft to an output shaft, no rotation is transmitted from the output shaft to the input shaft.
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