Rack supporting device for vehicle steering systems
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorSang Woock Ryu
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Abstract
A rack supporting device for vehicle steering systems includes: a steering housing having a steering gear installed therein; a rack bar longitudinally inserted into the steering housing to engage with the steering gear; a tapered passage defined in an inner circumference of the steering housing, wherein the tapered passage is eccentric with an axial center of the steering housing; a rack bushing inserted between an inner circumference of the tapered passage and an outer circumference of the rack bar so that the rack bushing moves along the tapered passage and pushes the rack bar to the steering gear; and an elastic member mounted to one side of the tapered passage to provide an elastic pressing force for pushing the rack bar to the rack bushing.
Claims10
A rack supporting device for vehicle steering systems, the rack supporting device comprising:
- a steering housing having a steering gear installed therein;
- a rack bar longitudinally inserted into the steering housing to engage with the steering gear;
- a tapered passage defined in an inner circumference of the steering housing, wherein the tapered passage is eccentric with an axial center of the steering housing;
- a rack bushing inserted between an inner circumference of the tapered passage and an outer circumference of the rack bar so that the rack bushing moves along the tapered passage and pushes the rack bar to the steering gear;
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- an elastic member mounted to one side of the tapered passage to provide an elastic pressing force for pushing the rack bar to the rack bushing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.