Electric power steering assist mechanism
AssigneeCantor Colburn LLP
InventorsSUAT ALI OZSOYLU, TROY P. STRIETER
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Abstract
A gear isolator assembly includes a gearbox housing, a first gear having a first axis of rotation about a first shaft and the second gear having a second axis of rotation about a second shaft. The first and second gears are rotatably mounted in a gearbox housing so that the first and second gears mesh with each other such that the first axis of the first gear is substantially perpendicular to the second axis of the second gear. The gear isolator assembly is preferably disposed within the gearbox housing about the second gear for reducing noise generated between the first and second gears during operation of the mechanism.
Claims24
A mechanism disposed within a gearbox housing, a first gear having a first axis of rotation about a first shaft, a second gear having a first end, a second end and a second axis of rotation about a second shaft, the first and second gears being rotatably mounted in the gearbox housing so that the first and second gears mesh with each other such that the first axis of the first gear is substantially perpendicular to the second axis of the second gear, a plurality of ball bearing assemblies disposed about the first gear, a plurality of bushings disposed about the first gear, the ball bearing assemblies and bushings serving to support the first gear within the gearbox housing, the mechanism comprising:
- an elastomeric member;
- a plurality of washers;
- the plurality of washers adapted to receive the elastomeric member;
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- the elastomeric member received within the plurality of washers disposed about the second gear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.