To provide a method of manufacturing a shaft for a steering device, the shaft including a spline shaft part to be coupled with an input shaft, a stopper part to be coupled with an output shaft, and an intermediate shaft part that couples the spline shaft part with the stopper part. The method includes: a step of forming a hole part recessed in an axial direction from one end of a pillar-shaped material by forging; and a step of pressing the material in which the hole part has been formed into a die to perform drawing in a radial direction on a portion of the material at which the stopper part is formed and prolonging a length along the axial direction of the hole part at the same time by forging.

To provide a method of manufacturing a shaft for a steering device, the shaft including a spline shaft part to be coupled with an input shaft, a stopper part to be coupled with an output shaft, and an intermediate shaft part that couples the spline shaft part with the stopper part. The method includes: a step of forming a hole part recessed in an axial direction from one end of a pillar-shaped material by forging; and a step of pressing the material in which the hole part has been formed into a die to perform drawing in a radial direction on a portion of the material at which the stopper part is formed and prolonging a length along the axial direction of the hole part at the same time by forging.

According to one exemplary embodiment of the present invention a worm shaft subassembly for supporting a worm shaft is provided. The worm shaft has a worm shaft radial load, a worm shaft axial load, and a worm shaft axial travel. The worm shaft subassembly includes at least one damping member to support the worm shaft axial load. The at least one damping member has at least one damping member axial load. The at least one damping member limits the worm shaft axial travel. The worm shaft subassembly also includes a bearing to support the worm shaft radial load and the at least one damping member axial load.

The present invention provides a motor including a stator, a rotor disposed inside the stator, a shaft coupled to the rotor, a busbar disposed above the stator, and a wire assembly connected to the busbar, wherein the wire assembly includes a grommet, a cable of which a part is disposed inside the grommet, and a first terminal connected to the cable. The first terminal includes a connecting end portion, the grommet includes a body having the cable therein, and an extension extending from the body and having the first terminal therein, the extension includes an insert hole formed to pass through from a lower surface of the extension to an upper surface of the extension, and the connecting end portion is disposed inside the insert hole.

A gear is provided that has excellent continuous moldability for practical use, and both high slidability and high durability. The provided gear is a molded resin constructed of a resin composition comprising a thermoplastic resin (A) and cellulose nanofibers (B) with an average fiber diameter of 1000 nm or smaller, and having a number average molecular weight of the thermoplastic resin (A) in the range of 10,000 to 150,000, wherein a sliding surface of the gear with another gear teeth has an arithmetic mean surface roughness Sa of 3.0 μm or lower.

One aspect of the present invention increases or reduces an amplitude or amplitudes of a steering angle sensor output signal and/or a motor rotational angle signal, and outputs a motor instruction signal based on a substitute signal for a torque sensor output signal that is calculated based on at least one of the steering angle sensor output signal and the motor rotational angle signal that is subjected to the adjustment of the amplitude thereof, and the other of the steering angle sensor output signal and the motor rotational angle signal, when an abnormality is detected in the torque sensor output signal.

An inverter includes a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal, upper-arm switching elements and lower-arm switching elements, and a voltage divider that supplies partial voltages of a voltage between the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal to a gate and a drain, respectively, of the lower-arm switching element. The lower-arm switching element includes an HEMT. In the voltage divider, the partial voltages are set to turn the lower-arm switching element off when a positive electrode and a negative electrode of a DC power supply are reversely connected to the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal, respectively.

Disclosed herein is a reducer for an electronic power steering apparatus, which includes a gear housing including a worm shaft housing and a worm wheel housing, the gear housing being made of a heat conductive material, a worm wheel shaft connected to a steering shaft to rotate along with rotation of the steering shaft, a worm wheel accommodated in the worm wheel housing, and having a first surface and a second surface facing the first surface, the worm wheel shaft being coupled to the worm wheel, a first heat transfer plate provided to come into contact with the first surface of the worm wheel, and a first bearing coupled to the worm wheel shaft to come into contact with the first heat transfer plate, and having an outer peripheral surface coming into contact with the worm wheel housing.

Disclosed is a method of control a motor driven power steering system. The method includes determining an end holding driving, by a control unit, turning on/off a damping boost gain application mode according to a result of determination for the end holding driving, by the control unit, multiplying an output value according to turning on/off of the damping boost gain application mode by an output value from the damping output value detection unit, and outputting the multiplied value as a damping correction value, by the control unit, and reflecting the damping correction value to control an output torque of a motor in a rack-end-stop control period, by the control unit.

If road information indicates that a first curve zone at a near side and a second curve zone at a far side that curve in different directions are continuously located in a road, a steering assist unit of a steering assist device or a steering assist circuit finishes decreasing process of decreasing the steering assist amount when the subject vehicle passes through the first curve zone earlier than a case when the subject vehicle passes through the second curve zone.