Patent ID: 6107716
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: B62D,H02K

Abstract:
A housing assembly for an electric power-assisted steering system of the kind comprising an electric motor (12) connected through a gearbox to an output shaft operatively connected to a steering column for a vehicle, said housing assembly defining at least two discrete compartments (2, 3), a first one of said compartments (3) being adapted to house said motor and said gearbox 100, and a second one of said compartments (2) being adapted to house a motor control circuit and a motor drive circuit, a support member (21) being adapted to provide a physical barrier between said motor drive circuit and said motor control circuit, and wherein said support member (21) is adapted to form a seal with said housing (1) substantially to prevent electromagnetic radiation transmitting from one side of said support member (21) to the other side of said support member.