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US 12,617,450 B2Granted
Assembly for a steering system of a vehicle
AssigneeDana Italia S.R.L.
InventorsGianluca Terrasi, Claudio Maffei, Davide Deimichei, Parag Mahajan
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an assembly for a steering system of a vehicle, the assembly comprising an axle part having a coupling recess, and a steering cylinder having a coupling projection. The coupling projection is received in the coupling recess and an interference fit is formed between the coupling projection and the coupling recess.
Claims16
An assembly for a steering system of a vehicle, the assembly comprising:
- an axle part having a coupling recess;
- and
- a steering cylinder having a coupling projection;
- wherein the coupling projection is received in the coupling recess and an interference fit is formed therebetween;
- further comprising at least one screw connection that forces the coupling projection and coupling recess against each other;
- wherein the at least one screw connection comprises a screw, a threaded hole for receiving a threaded shaft of the screw and a bearing surface for a screw head of the screw;
- and
- wherein at least a part of the threaded hole is comprised by the coupling recess of the axle part, and wherein the bearing surface is comprised by the coupling projection of the steering cylinder.
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An assembly for a steering system of a vehicle, the assembly comprising:
- an axle part having a coupling recess, wherein the coupling recess is a locally recessed area on an outwardly facing surface of the axle part;
- and
- a steering cylinder having a coupling projection, wherein the coupling projection comprises a first projecting section and a second projecting section each projecting radially from the steering cylinder, and a cross section extending perpendicularly to the first projecting section and the second projection section, the cross section connecting the first projecting section and the second projecting section;
- wherein the coupling recess of the axle part is complementary shaped to the coupling projection;
- and
- wherein the coupling projection is received in the coupling recess and an interference fit is formed therebetween.
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An assembly for a steering system of a vehicle, the assembly comprising:
- an axle part comprising an inner surface delimiting an inner space for receiving at least part of a differential, and an outer surface opposite the inner surface, wherein the outer surface comprises a coupling recess, wherein the coupling recess is a locally recessed area on the outer surface of the axle part;
- and
- a steering cylinder having a coupling projection, wherein the coupling projection of the steering cylinder is complementary shaped to the coupling recess of the axle part;
- wherein the coupling projection is received in the coupling recess and an interference fit is formed therebetween;
- wherein the coupling recess adjoins a concavely curved surface section of the outer surface which contacts a correspondingly curved section of the steering cylinder;
- wherein the coupling projection of the steering cylinder, received in the coupling recess, is flush with or below the outer surface of the axle part;
- and
- wherein the steering cylinder is not enclosed by the axle part or inserted into any openings thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.