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US 2016/0102748 A1Published application
Rack and rack manufacturing method
AssigneeNitta Corporation
InventorsKenichiro Aoki, Yoshiharu Kiyohara, Takehito Dei, Yoji Ishizaki, Yasuhiro Aoki
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Abstract
A rack includes a plurality of thin plates laminated with each other, wherein each of the plurality of thin plates is formed with a set of rack teeth, and adjacent thin plates, which are laminated adjacently to each other, of the plurality of thin plates are fixed together such that respective rack-tooth positions of the adjacent thin plates are displaced from each other in axial directions of adjacent sets of rack teeth.
Claims4
A rack, comprising
- a plurality of thin plates laminated with each other, wherein:
- each of the plurality of thin plates is formed with a set of rack teeth;
- and
- adjacent thin plates, which are laminated adjacently to each other, of the plurality of thin plates are fixed together such that respective rack-tooth positions of the adjacent thin plates are displaced from each other in axial directions of adjacent sets of rack teeth.
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A rack manufacturing method comprising the steps of:
- laminating a plurality of thin plates, each of which is formed with a set of rack teeth, with each other;
- and
- fixing a plurality of laminated thin plates together such that respective rack-tooth positions of adjacent thin plates, which are laminated adjacently to each other, of the plurality of laminated thin plates are displaced from each other in axial directions of adjacent sets of rack teeth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.