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US 2017/0320514 A1Published application
Rotation-linear motion conversion apparatus and steering apparatus
AssigneeThk Co., Ltd.
InventorsToshihisa Sakamoto, Kazuhiko Akiyama, Toshiro Minami
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Abstract
A rotation-linear motion conversion apparatus (10) includes: a rack bar (30) in which a rack gear (32) is formed; a housing (40) that surrounds the rack bar (30); a pinion shaft (20) including a pinion gear (22) that engages with the rack gear (32) and that is inserted inside the housing (40); and a support part (50) that is provided on an opposed surface (41s1), which is opposed to the rack gear (32), of the housing (40) and that supports the rack bar (30) movably in a longitudinal direction of the rack bar (30).
Claims17
A rotation-linear motion conversion apparatus, comprising:
- a rack bar in which a rack gear is formed;
- a housing that surrounds the rack bar;
- a pinion shaft comprising a pinion gear that engages with the rack gear and that is inserted inside the housing;
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- a support part that is provided on an opposed surface, which is opposed to the rack gear, of the housing and that supports the rack bar movably in a longitudinal direction of the rack bar, wherein
- the support part is in non-contact with a non-opposed surface, which is not opposed to the rack gear, of the housing.
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