Steering gear for a vehicle, more particularly a utility vehicle
AssigneeKNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
InventorAlexander Kogan
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Abstract
A recirculating ball steering gear for a steering system of a vehicle, in particular a utility vehicle, includes at least one housing, at least one steering spindle, at least one steering spindle nut which is guided in an axially displaceable manner inside the housing and which in the assembled state is connected to the steering spindle via a plurality of balls, and at least one bearing device, by which the steering spindle is supported in the housing. The bearing device, the steering spindle and the housing form an adjusted bearing arrangement.
Claims11
A recirculating ball steering gear for a steering system of a vehicle, comprising:
- a housing;
- a steering spindle;
- a steering spindle nut which is guided in an axially displaceable manner inside the housing and which, in an assembled state, is connected to the steering spindle via a plurality of balls;
- and
- at least one bearing device, by which the steering spindle is supported in the housing, wherein
- the bearing device, the steering spindle, and the housing form an adjusted bearing arrangement, wherein
- the bearing device has a pretensioning device, by which the steering spindle is pretensioned in an axially and/or radially adjustable manner, such that bending of the spindle under radial loads is reduced and contact uniformity of the balls is improved.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.