US 7,549,502 B2
Steering device for steering wheels
Angelo Gaetani, Via Donizetti, 11, Civitanova Marche (MC) I-62012 (Italy)
Appl. No. 10/566,281
PCT Filed Aug. 02, 2004, PCT No. PCT/IB2004/002465
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Mar. 21, 2006,
PCT Pub. No. WO2005/009826, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 03, 2005.
Claims priority of application No. MO2003A0223 (IT), filed on Jul. 31, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2006/0213698 A1, Sep. 28, 2006
Int. Cl. B62D 7/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 180—411  [180/6.5; 180/253; 180/11; 180/12; 180/13] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Steering apparatus for a steering wheel of a vehicle, comprising a support arranged to support said wheels, a linear drive arranged to rotate said support around a respective longitudinal axis and connecting structure arranged to connect said drive with said support, said drive comprising an actuator, said connecting structure comprising a transmission gear which comprises a gear wheel associated with said support and a further gear wheel connected with said drive and engaging with said gear wheel, wherein said further gear wheel has a pitch diameter greater than the pitch diameter of said gear wheel.