Patent ID: 7866434
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: B60G,B62D

Abstract:
1. A steering apparatus, comprising: an axle housing rotatably supporting a wheel hub on which a steered road wheel is installed; a lower arm adapted to be oscillatingly supported at one end on a vehicle body and having a turning portion provided at the other end for pivotably supporting the axle housing by the turning portion; an electric motor installed on the lower arm for turning the axle housing by a driving force produced by the motor; and a speed reducer configured to reduce rotation of the motor and installed on the lower arm and located between a rotation axis of the motor and the turning portion; wherein the rotation axis of the motor and a pivot of the axle housing are arranged to be offset from each other, and wherein the rotation axis of the motor is laterally spaced apart from the turning portion and arranged closer to the vehicle body rather than the turning portion.