| 摘要 |
A steering device is provided which allows the vehicle to move laterally and turn with a small radius, without using a complicated mechanism, and capable of stably controlling the steering angle during such modes. The steering device includes a pair of rack bars connected, respectively, to front right and front left vehicle wheels or rear right and rear left vehicle wheels, synchronizing gears disposed between the pair of rack bars, a synchronizing gear box retaining the synchronizing gears, a rack case fixed to the frame of the vehicle, and a fixing mechanism for fixing the synchronizing gear box to the rack case. |
| 主权项 |
1. A steering device comprising:
tie rods connected, respectively, to right and left wheels which are constituted by a pair of front wheels of a vehicle or a pair of rear wheels of the vehicle, and configured to steer the respective right and left wheels; a pair of rack bars connected to the respective tie rods, a synchronizing gear meshing with the pair of rack bars, and configured to convert a movement of one of the rack bars in one of opposite directions, which are right and left directions, along a direction in which teeth of the rack bars are arranged, to a movement of the other of the rack bars in the other of the opposite directions, a rack bar moving means capable of moving the respective rack bars in one and the other of the opposite directions, a synchronizing gear box retaining the synchronizing gear and capable of moving in the right and left directions, a rack case retaining the rack bars and fixed to a frame of the vehicle, and a fixing mechanism capable of fixing the synchronizing gear box to the rack case, wherein the steering device is configured such that when the rack bars are moved in one and the other of the opposite directions, respectively, the synchronizing gear box is fixed to the rack case by the fixing mechanism. |
