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Electric power steering apparatus

US7837002B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 8, 2008
Grant dateNov 23, 2010
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 6, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB62D5/0409
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to provide an electric power steering apparatus to be small and compact.The control housing 30 is installed between the motor housing 25 of the electric motor 18 and the gear housing 22. The ECU controlling the electric motor 18 is accommodated in the accommodating room S formed within the control housing 30. The motor housing 25 accommodates the bus bar 45 connected to the coil 44 of the stator 36, and the resolver 40 detecting the rotational position of the rotor 35. The resolver 40 is installed within the bus bar mounting member 262 in inner side of radial direction. The partition 52 is mounted on the control housing 30 and the fixing screw 81 is engaged with the insulating member 84 by the way that the fixing screw 81 is inserted into insulating member 84 from its bottom surface side.

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