Steering assembly
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorAnthony T. DeSalvo
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Abstract
A steering assembly includes a piston rod including internal threads positioned on an inner wall of a recess, an inner tie rod housing including external threads engaging with the internal threads, the inner tie rod housing adjustably connected to the piston rod, a tie rod including an inner tie rod having an end positioned at least partially in the inner tie rod housing, a retainer including a wall portion and a flange portion, the retainer positioned at least partially in the recess, the retainer including a protrusion extending from an outer surface of the wall portion and contacting the inner wall of the recess, which resists rotation of the retainer, and one or more fasteners releasably attaching the retainer to the inner tie rod housing.
Claims20
A steering assembly, comprising:
- a piston rod including internal threads positioned on an inner wall of a recess;
- an inner tie rod housing including external threads engaging with the internal threads, the inner tie rod housing adjustably connected to the piston rod;
- a tie rod including an inner tie rod having an end positioned at least partially in the inner tie rod housing;
- a retainer including a wall portion and a flange portion, the retainer positioned at least partially in the recess, the retainer including a protrusion extending from an outer surface of the wall portion and contacting the inner wall of the recess, which resists rotation of the retainer;
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- one or more fasteners releasably attaching the retainer to the inner tie rod housing.
A work vehicle including a steering assembly, comprising:
- a piston rod including internal threads positioned on an inner wall of a recess;
- an inner tie rod housing including external threads engaging with the internal threads, the inner tie rod housing adjustably connected to the piston rod;
- a tie rod including an inner tie rod having an end positioned at least partially in the inner tie rod housing;
- a retainer including a wall portion and a flange portion, the retainer positioned at least partially in the recess, the retainer including a protrusion extending from an outer surface of the wall portion and contacting the inner wall of the recess, which resists rotation of the retainer;
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- one or more fasteners releasably attaching the retainer to the inner tie rod housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.