The system has a steering gear (5) displacing steering links, which are mechanically connected with steerable vehicle-wheels (7a, 7b). A servo device (8) discharges force into the steering gear, where the force assists or initiates displacement of the steering links. A reduction gear (9) is provided between a steering wheel (1) and a flexible transmission unit (3) for lowering the torque to be transferred from the transmission unit. The transmission unit is designed as flexible spindle or as a Bowden cable with package or as a gear belt.

Steering system for double-tracked motor vehicle, has reduction gear provided between steering wheel and flexible transmission unit for lowering torque that is to be transferred from transmission unit

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a drive unit for a vehicle which can reduce the length of a drive unit in a shaft direction and can be inexpensive SOLUTION: The drive unit includes a motor generator MG1, a pair of bearings 56, 57 that support a rotor spindle 13 of the motor generator MG1 at both sides of a rotor in a rotatable manner, an engine side housing 81 that supports and fixes the bearings 56, 57, and a planetary gear mechanism 20 that is positioned on the same axis as the motor generator MG1 and includes a sun gear 21, a planetary carrier 23, and a ring gear 22 The sun gear 21 is formed directly at one end of the rotor spindle 13 of the motor generator MG1 and the rotor spindle 13 is constrained and supported by the bearings 56, 57 in the spindle direction and the ring gear 22 is constrained and supported by a rotation bearing 26 in the spindle direction to control the movement of each of the sun gear 21 and the ring gear 22 in the spindle direction COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Drive unit for vehicle

A network device for handling data and a method for handling data in a network device are disclosed. The network device includes at least one media port and at least one high speed docking station, communicating with the at least one media port. At least one master is provided in the network device, where the at least one master is connected to the at least one high speed docking station. The master is configured to handle and process data received by the at least one media port and passed to the master through the at least one high speed docking station. The network device is configured to handle media ports of different media types. Thus, the device can handle data received through different media ports that have different media types with the same master, making the network device easily configured to meet a customer's needs.

Switch architecture independent of media

A drive device, which is incorporated in an image forming apparatus, includes a drive motor and a plurality of gears driven by the drive motor. The plurality of gears include at least two gears disposed coaxially with each other and have a plurality of meshing portions. Each meshing portion is formed between a pair of gears of the plurality of gears. A difference between respective gear mesh frequencies of the plurality of meshing portions is set equal to or smaller than 100 Hz.

Drive device and image forming apparatus incorporating the drive device

A variable steering rack system includes: a movable steering rack bar; a case with a through-hole through which the steering rack bar penetrates; a stopper with a second through-hole through which the steering rack bar penetrates, disposed in the first through-hole and rotatable through a predetermined angle, and regulating a displacement of the steering rack bar as much as the thickness thereof; a stopper housing connected to the case such that the stopper is disposed therebetween and defining a groove; an intermediate gear with a bar on a surface thereof inserted into the groove of the stopper housing, and rotating the stopper; and an operating portion operating the intermediate gear, wherein the groove of the stopper housing is configured to limit a movement of the bar such that the stopper rotates only as much as the predetermined angle.

Variable steering rack system

A speed reducer 40 of an electric power steering apparatus is configured as a 2-stage speed reducer equipped with a worm speed reducer 41 adapted to receive rotational torque from an electric motor 30 and output the rotational torque from an output element (worm wheel 412) while reducing rotational speed, and with a planetary-gear-type speed reducer 42 adapted to receive the rotational torque from the output element and output the rotational torque while reducing rotational speed. The rotational speed of the electric motor 30 is reduced at two stages by the two speed reducers, thereby achieving high output (high speed reduction). Speed-reducing elements (a sun gear, planetary gears, a carrier, etc.) of the planetary-gear-type speed reducer 42 are disposed in the interior of the worm wheel 412 of the worm speed reducer 41, thereby implementing compactness.

Miwanori Oikawa

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Steering apparatus for vehicle