IP Library Granted Patent US 10,753,385
Granted Patent B2
US 10,753,385 · App. 15/717,917 · Granted Aug 25, 2020

Electronic power steering system

Inventor: Hyun Bi Kwon (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: MANDO CORPORATION
F16C1/08B62D6/10B62D7/00G01L5/221B62D5/04F16F1/14
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Patent No.
US 10,753,385
App. No.
15/717,917
Granted
Aug 25, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic power steering system includes: an input shaft connected to a steering shaft; an output shaft to which one end of the input shaft is connected; and a torsion bar inserted into the input shaft and the output shaft and connecting the input shaft and the output shaft, in which the torsion bar includes a first torsion bar including a first fastening portion connected to the input shaft, a second fastening portion connected to the output shaft, and a first beam portion connecting between the first fastening portion and the second fastening portion, and formed as a hollow body, and a second torsion bar including a third fastening portion coupled into the first fastening portion, a fourth fastening portion coupled into the second fastening portion, and a second beam portion connecting between the third fastening portion and the fourth fastening portion.

Claims (31)

1. An electronic power steering system, comprising:

an input shaft connected to a steering shaft coupled to a steering wheel;

an output shaft to which one end of the input shaft is connected; and

a torsion bar inserted into the input shaft and the output shaft and connecting the input shaft and the output shaft,

wherein the torsion bar includes

a first torsion bar including a first fastening portion connected to the input shaft, a second fastening portion connected to the output shaft, and a first beam portion connecting between the first fastening portion and the second fastening portion, and formed as a hollow body, and

a second torsion bar including a third fastening portion coupled into the first fastening portion of the first torsion bar, a fourth fastening portion coupled into the second fastening portion of the first torsion bar, and a second beam portion connecting between the third fastening portion and the fourth fastening portion, and

wherein first pin holes are formed in the first fastening portion and the third fastening portion at positions corresponding to each other in a radial direction, and the first fastening portion and the third fastening portion are fixed to the input shaft by a first fixing pin.

2. The electronic power steering system of claim 1 , wherein a serration is formed on any one of an inner side surface of the first fastening portion and an outer side surface of the third fastening portion, and a serration is formed on any one of an inner side surface of the second fastening portion and an outer side surface of the fourth fastening portion.

3. The electronic power steering system of claim 1 , wherein a first serration is formed on an inner side surface of the first fastening portion, a second serration is formed on an inner side surface of the second fastening portion, a third serration is formed on an outer side surface of the third fastening portion so as to be correspondingly coupled with the first serration, and a fourth serration is formed on an outer side surface of the fourth fastening portion so as to be correspondingly coupled with the second serration.

4. The electronic power steering system of claim 3 , wherein the first serration, the second serration, the third serration, and the fourth serration are formed in an axial direction of the torsion bar.

5. The electronic power steering system of claim 1 , wherein second pin holes are formed in the second fastening portion and the fourth fastening portion at positions corresponding to each other in a radial direction, and the second fastening portion and the fourth fastening portion are fixed to the output shaft by a second fixing pin.

6. The electronic power steering system of claim 1 , wherein a press-fitting protrusion is formed on at least one of an outer side surface of the second fastening portion and an inner side surface of the output shaft.

7. The electronic power steering system of claim 1 , wherein a diameter of the first beam portion is smaller than a diameter of the first fastening portion or the second fastening portion.

8. The electronic power steering system of claim 1 , wherein a diameter of the second beam portion is smaller than a diameter of the third fastening portion or the fourth fastening portion.

9. The electronic power steering system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of an end of the first fastening portion and an end of the second fastening portion is opened.

10. An electronic power steering system, comprising:

an input shaft connected to a steering shaft coupled to a steering wheel;

an output shaft to which one end of the input shaft is connected; and

a torsion bar inserted into the input shaft and the output shaft and connecting the input shaft and the output shaft,

wherein the torsion bar includes

a first torsion bar including a first fastening portion connected to the input shaft, a second fastening portion connected to the output shaft, and a first beam portion connecting between the first fastening portion and the second fastening portion, and formed as a hollow body, and

a second torsion bar including a third fastening portion coupled into the first fastening portion of the first torsion bar, a fourth fastening portion coupled into the second fastening portion of the first torsion bar, and a second beam portion connecting between the third fastening portion and the fourth fastening portion, and

wherein a first press-fitting protrusion is formed on at least one of an outer side surface of the first fastening portion and an inner side surface of the input shaft, and the second fastening portion and the output shaft are fixed by a first fixing pin.

11. The electronic power steering system of claim 10 , wherein a second press-fitting protrusion is formed on at least one of an outer side surface of the second fastening portion and an inner side surface of the output shaft, and the first fastening portion and the input shaft are fixed by a second fixing pin.

12. The electronic power steering system of claim 10 , wherein a serration is formed on any one of an inner side surface of the first fastening portion and an outer side surface of the third fastening portion, and a serration is formed on any one of an inner side surface of the second fastening portion and an outer side surface of the fourth fastening portion.

13. The electronic power steering system of claim 10 , wherein a first serration is formed on an inner side surface of the first fastening portion, a second serration is formed on an inner side surface of the second fastening portion, a third serration is formed on an outer side surface of the third fastening portion so as to be correspondingly coupled with the first serration, and a fourth serration is formed on an outer side surface of the fourth fastening portion so as to be correspondingly coupled with the second serration.

14. The electronic power steering system of claim 13 , wherein the first serration, the second serration, the third serration, and the fourth serration are formed in an axial direction of the torsion bar.

15. The electronic power steering system of claim 10 , wherein a diameter of the first beam portion is smaller than a diameter of the first fastening portion or the second fastening portion.

16. The electronic power steering system of claim 10 , wherein a diameter of the second beam portion is smaller than a diameter of the third fastening portion or the fourth fastening portion.

17. The electronic power steering system of claim 10 , wherein at least one of an end of the first fastening portion and an end of the second fastening portion is opened.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 18, 2022
From: MANDO CORPORATION
To: HL MANDO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062152/0127 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 6, 2017
From: KWON, HYUN BI
To: MANDO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044148/0634 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0130580 · Oct 10, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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