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US 10,829,145 B2Granted
Vehicle steering
AssigneeFord Global Technology, LLC
InventorsJoseph Washnock, Jack E. Barry, Soungjin Wou, Garry Robert Smith, Jennifer Laz, James Philip Cooper, Daniel Steven Payne, Rohit Kadam
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Abstract
A steering apparatus includes a first pinion, an internal gear engaged with the first pinion, a second pinion fixed relative to the internal gear, a first gear engaged with the second pinion, a third pinion fixed relative to the first gear, and a steering rack meshed with the third pinion.
Claims20
A steering apparatus comprising:
- a first pinion;
- an internal gear engaged with the first pinion;
- a second pinion fixed relative to the internal gear;
- a first gear engaged with the second pinion;
- a third pinion fixed relative to the first gear;
- and
- a steering rack meshed with the third pinion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.