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US 2005/0229733 A1Published application
Rack-and-pinion steering system
AssigneeINA-Schaeffler KG
InventorsJurgen Osterlanger, Alexander Zernickel, Manfred Kraus, Stefan Willared, Horst Munck
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Abstract
A gear rack for a rack-and-pinion steering system for a motor vehicle is distinguished in that the bearing surface is configured as a recess situated within the circular gear rack. These bearing surfaces being are borne against by roller-mounted guide rollers with corresponding bearing surfaces.
Claims12
A rack-and-pinion steering system for a motor vehicle, comprising;
- a steering gear housing;
- a gear rack mounted in a longitudinally displaceable manner in the housing;
- a pinion having an engagement side which meshes with the gear rack;
- a pressure part disposed on an opposed side of the gear rack lying opposite an engagement side with the pinion;
- a spring preloading pressure in the axial direction against the gear rack;
- the pressure part having inside it a rotatable guide roller matched to the contour of the gear rack and also having a bearing surface against which the gear rack bears with a corresponding bearing surface, the bearing surfaces being disposed relative to each other in such a way that the gear rack is prevented from being twisted in a peripheral direction;
- the bearing surface is configured to define at least one recess situated within the circular gear rack.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.