| 摘要 |
A steering device for a vehicle including a steering wheel, front wheels and a steering mechanism therefor, rear wheels and a steering mechanism therefor, a pair of rear wheel steering tie rods connecting the rear wheels with the rear wheel steering mechanism, and an operating shaft connecting the front wheel steering mechanism with the rear wheel steering mechanism, the rear wheels being steered along with the front wheels under a steering operation of the steering wheel. The rear wheel steering mechanism includes a crank member rotated under rotation of the operating shaft and extending in a radially outward direction of the operating shaft, and a connecting member having the ends thereof connected to the inner ends of the tie rods and extending in the width direction of the vehicle while being movable in such direction. Upon rotation of the crank member, the rear wheels are steered in the same direction as that of the front wheels during small steering angle operation of the steering wheel, and during large steering angle operation of the steering wheel the rear wheels are steered in a direction opposite to that of the front wheels or the steering angle of the rear wheels is reset to zero or near zero. By virtue of such arrangement, the tie rods may be shortened in accordance with a desired suspension characteristic. |
