US 12,252,189 B2
Vehicle steering device
Kieon Bang, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to HL MANDO CORPORATION, Pyeongtaek-si (KR)
Filed by HL MANDO CORPORATION, Pyeongtaek-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/382,378.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0074438 (KR), filed on Jun. 9, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0409151 A1, Dec. 12, 2024
Int. Cl. B62D 5/04 (2006.01); B62D 3/12 (2006.01); F16H 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 5/0424 (2013.01) [B62D 3/126 (2013.01); B62D 5/0403 (2013.01); B62D 5/0448 (2013.01); F16H 7/14 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle steering device, comprising:
a motor housing surrounding a motor and having a mounting portion penetrated by a motor shaft and protruding in an axial direction of the motor shaft;
a rack housing having a driving pulley embedded on one side of the rack housing and a driven pulley embedded on another side of the rack housing, the driving pulley being coupled to the motor shaft, the rack housing further including a receiving recess being recessed, toward a rack bar to which the driven pulley is coupled, in a mounting hole where the mounting portion is inserted and fitted; and
a tension compensation mechanism installed in the receiving recess to support the mounting portion so that the motor housing is movable in a direction opposite to a position of the rack bar,
wherein the tension compensation mechanism includes:
a supporting member fitted into the receiving recess to support the mounting portion; and
an elastic member interposed between the receiving recess and the supporting member to elastically support the supporting member toward the mounting portion, and
wherein the supporting member has a concave portion in a surface supporting the mounting portion, the concave portion having a shape corresponding to the mounting portion.