A steering control apparatus in which a steering shaft coupled to a
steering wheel is mechanically separated from a turning mechanism to turn
a turning wheel, a steering angle of the steering wheel is detected, and
the turning mechanism turns the turning wheel by a turning angle
corresponding to the steering angle, includes a hypercycloidal mechanism
including an external tooth gear revolving in a housing according to
rotation of the steering wheel, an Oldham coupling mechanism to extract
only a self-rotating movement in a rotation movement of the external
tooth gear as a self-rotating movement of a rotation disk, and a rotation
regulating mechanism by engagement between a groove formed in the
rotation disk and a projection projecting from the housing. Then, a
compact mechanical steering angle regulating mechanism is provided in
which an allowable rotation range of the steering wheel is made .+-.180
degrees or more, and a low output and low capacity motor is used, and
reduction in size and in cost of the apparatus is realized.