Adjustment apparatus for a steering gear mechanism in a motor vehicle and motor vehicle steering gear mechanism
AssigneeZf Active Safety and Electronics US LLC
InventorJames Wang
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Abstract
The invention relates to an adjustment apparatus 20 for a steering gear mechanism 1, in particular for motor vehicles, wherein in a gear train having at least three gears an intermediate gear 27 is arranged in such a manner that it can move along a straight adjustment line 105 in order to adjust backlash in the gear train. The intermediate gear 27 can be displaced along the straight adjustment line 105 in such a manner that the backlash in the entire gear train adjusts itself. The invention further relates to a motor vehicle steering gear mechanism 1 comprising the adjustment apparatus 20.
Claims15
An adjustment apparatus for a steering gear mechanism in a motor vehicle, wherein between a drive gear and an intermediate gear there is a first portion of a gear train and between the intermediate gear and an output gear there is a second portion of the gear train, wherein the intermediate gear, in order to adjust a backlash, is movably arranged along a straight adjustment line, wherein a backlash of at least one portion of the gear train can be adjusted, and wherein the straight adjustment line extends through the rotation axis of the output gear and drive gear.
An adjustment apparatus for adjusting backlash between the gears of a steering gear mechanism for steering force support in a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a carrier,
- a drive gear which is connected to a drive unit,
- an output gear which drives a rotation/translation gear mechanism and a rotation axis of the drive gear is arranged in a fixed manner with respect to the carrier, and
- an intermediate gear which connects the drive gear to the output gear, wherein the intermediate gear is arranged so as to be able to be displaced in translation along a straight adjustment line, and wherein the straight adjustment line extends through the rotation axis of the output gear and drive gear.
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