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US 2024/0391518 A1Published application
Steering gears with electric steering assist systems and related methods
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorRenato Bernardinetti Slave
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Abstract
Electric steering gears and related methods are disclosed herein. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a shaft, a helical groove disposed on the shaft, a ball nut rack engaged with the helical groove, the ball nut rack including a plurality of bearings, a motor configured to apply force to the ball nut rack, and a gear housing, the ball nut rack, the helical groove, and the motor disposed within the gear housing.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a shaft;
- a helical groove disposed on the shaft;
- a ball nut rack engaged with the helical groove, the ball nut rack including a plurality of bearings;
- a motor configured to apply force to the ball nut rack;
- and
- a gear housing, the ball nut rack, the helical groove, and the motor disposed within the gear housing.
3 more elements
A vehicle comprising:
- a sensor;
- a steering gear assembly including:
- a housing;
- a steering gear;
- a motor disposed within the housing;
- machine readable instructions;
- and
- programmable circuitry to at least one of instantiate or execute the machine readable instructions to:
- determine a steering assist force based on an input from the sensor;
- and
- apply, via the motor, the steering assist force to the steering gear.
8 more elements
A non-transitory machine readable storage medium comprising instructions to cause programmable circuitry to at least:
- determine a steering assist force based on an input from a sensor of a vehicle;
- and
- apply the steering assist force to a steering gear of the vehicle via a magnetic array of a linear motor disposed within a housing of the steering gear, the steering gear disposed within the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.