Ball screw device and vehicle steering apparatus using same

    公开(公告)号:US12122460B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-22

    申请号:US17430136

    申请日:2019-03-29

    摘要: A ball screw device includes a screw shaft, a plurality of balls, a nut, a pair of guide members, and a transmission member. The nut has a pair of large-diameter portions and a small-diameter part between the two large-diameter portions. The two guide members are attachable to and detachable from an outer circumferential surface of the small-diameter portion in a radial direction and are located with a certain gap in the outer circumferential direction of the small-diameter portion. A fitting portion of the transmission member fits over the two large-diameter portions such that the fitting portion covers the two guide members while restricting radially outward displacements thereof. The fitting portion works with the small-diameter portion and the two guide members to define a circulation passage through which the balls are circulated. The transmission member is coupled to the nut.

    BALL SCREW DEVICE AND VEHICLE STEERING APPARATUS USING SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20220097752A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-31

    申请号:US17430136

    申请日:2019-03-29

    IPC分类号: B62D3/08 B62D5/04 F16H25/22

    摘要: A ball screw device includes a screw shaft, a plurality of balls, a nut, a pair of guide members, and a transmission member. The nut has a pair of large-diameter portions and a small-diameter part between the two large-diameter portions. The two guide members are attachable to and detachable from an outer circumferential surface of the small-diameter portion in a radial direction and are located with a certain gap in the outer circumferential direction of the small-diameter portion. A fitting portion of the transmission member fits over the two large-diameter portions such that the fitting portion covers the two guide members while restricting radially outward displacements thereof. The fitting portion works with the small-diameter portion and the two guide members to define a circulation passage through which the balls are circulated. The transmission member is coupled to the nut.

    Vehicular steering device
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11904949B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-20

    申请号:US17925906

    申请日:2020-06-16

    发明人: Satoshi Enomoto

    IPC分类号: B62D3/12 F16H19/04

    摘要: A vehicular steering device includes a turning shaft, a housing storing therein the turning shaft, a stopper provided at a shaft end of the turning shaft, and an annular elastic body. An opening of the housing is formed in a U-shaped cross-sectional shape and in an annular shape opened toward the stopper by an external cylinder portion and an internal cylinder portion. The elastic body includes a first elastic portion and a second elastic portion. The first elastic portion is supported by an inner circumferential surface of the external cylinder portion and the bottom surface, and is provided with a first clearance from an outer circumferential surface of the internal cylinder portion. The second elastic portion extends toward the stopper from the first elastic portion, and is provided with a second clearance larger than the first clearance from the inner circumferential surface of the external cylinder portion.

    STEERING APPARATUS
    4.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230119362A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-20

    申请号:US17911800

    申请日:2020-10-09

    IPC分类号: B62D5/04 B62D3/12 F16H25/22

    摘要: A steering apparatus includes a turning shaft movable in a vehicle widthwise direction, a pinion shaft meshed with the turning shaft and a first housing that retains therein the turning shaft and the pinion shaft. An inner circumferential surface of the first housing facing with the turning shaft is provided with an inclined portion that continuously changes an internal diameter. When a portion where a tooth of the turning shaft and a tooth of the pinion shaft are meshed with each other is defined as a meshed portion, the inclined portion is formed below at least the meshed portion.

    VEHICULAR STEERING DEVICE
    5.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230182804A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-15

    申请号:US17925906

    申请日:2020-06-16

    发明人: Satoshi Enomoto

    IPC分类号: B62D3/12 F16H19/04

    摘要: A vehicular steering device includes a turning shaft, a housing storing therein the turning shaft, a stopper provided at a shaft end of the turning shaft, and an annular elastic body. An opening of the housing is formed in a U-shaped cross-sectional shape and in an annular shape opened toward the stopper by an external cylinder portion and an internal cylinder portion. The elastic body includes a first elastic portion and a second elastic portion. The first elastic portion is supported by an inner circumferential surface of the external cylinder portion and the bottom surface, and is provided with a first clearance from an outer circumferential surface of the internal cylinder portion. The second elastic portion extends toward the stopper from the first elastic portion, and is provided with a second clearance larger than the first clearance from the inner circumferential surface of the external cylinder portion.

    STEERING APPARATUS
    6.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230133693A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-04

    申请号:US17912208

    申请日:2020-04-10

    IPC分类号: B62D5/04 B62D3/12

    摘要: A steering apparatus includes a turning shaft movable in the vehicle widthwise direction, a pinion shaft meshed with the turning shaft, a first housing that retains therein the turning shaft and the pinion shaft, a ball screw that transmits drive force generated by a drive source to the turning shaft, and a second housing that retains therein the ball screw. A retaining portion capable of storing water is provided at an inner circumferential surface of the second housing. A lower end surface of the retaining portion is located below at least a lower end surface of the ball screw. A first end portion of the retaining portion in the axial direction of the turning shaft is located between a belt member that links the ball screw with the drive source and a rack end stopper at the drive-source side.