| US 7,549,503 B2 | ||
| Steering device | ||
| Yukihiko Kanayama, Toyokawa (Japan); Kenji Kato, Okazaki (Japan); Isao Hasegawa, Seto (Japan); and Kenji Hayashi, Toyoake (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Jtekt Corporation, Osaka-shi (Japan); and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 29, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/212,679. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-257252 (JP), filed on Sep. 03, 2004; and application No. 2004-257849 (JP), filed on Sep. 06, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0048995 A1, Mar. 09, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. B62D 5/04 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 180—443 [180/444; 74/388 PS] | 10 Claims |
| 1. A steering device comprising:
an actuator provided at an intermediate portion of a steering shaft extending downward from a steering handle to pass through
a dashboard of a vehicle body for altering the transmission ratio in rotation between upper and lower portions of the steering
shaft in dependence on a traveling state;
a cable case of a double cylindrical structure arranged on an upper surface of the actuator;
a case inner cylindrical component constituting the inside of the cable case and fixed to the actuator;
a case outer cylinder component constituting the outside of the cable case and rotatable relative to the case inner cylindrical
component;
a spiral cable provided for supplying the actuator with electric power and housed inside the cable case with itself being
wound, the spiral cable being fixed to the case inner cylindrical component at one end thereof and to the case outer cylindrical
component at the other end thereof; and
a cylindrical rubber boot covering the circumferential surface of the actuator;
wherein:
an upper side portion of the rubber boot is fitted on the case outer cylindrical component to be fixed thereto;
a mid-portion of the rubber boot is fixed to the dashboard; and
a lower end of the rubber boot seals against the lower portion of the steering shaft.
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