Patent ID: 6851510
Filing Date: 2005-02-08
Classification: B62D,F16D

Abstract:
1. A rear-wheel steering device for a vehicle, which is designed to steer rear wheels by operation of an actuator in operable association with steering of front wheels by operation of a steering wheel, said rear-wheel steering device comprising: an irreversible gear mechanism which is disposed at an upstream location in a power-transmitting path which transmits a driving force from the actuator to the rear wheels and which is adapted to permit the transmission of the driving force from the actuator toward the rear wheels and to inhibit the transmission of the driving force in a reverse direction; and an irreversible clutch mechanism which is disposed at a downstream location in said power-transmitting path and which is adapted to permit the transmission of the driving force from the actuator toward the rear wheels and to inhibit the transmission of the driving force in the reverse direction.