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US 4,282,765 AGranted
Angle gear for vehicle steering mechanism
AssigneeVolkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsKarl Ashauer, Fritz Blumenstein
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AssigneeVolkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsKarl Ashauer, Fritz Blumenstein
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An angle gear for a vehicle steering mechanism includes two bevel gears which can be axially displaced in a housing in order to adjust the rotation backlash of the gear. The axes of the bevel gears form an angle relative to each other and are connected, respectively, to a shaft leading to the steering shaft and a shaft leading to the steering mechanism on the vehicle axle. Axial motion away from the intersection of the shaft axes, which would increase the backlash, is prevented by thrust bearings supported against the housing. Axial motion in the other direction is secured against by means of shackle with spherical cup bearing surfaces that bear against the end faces of the bevel gears, which shackle is adjustable to compensate for the manufacturing tolerances of the bevel gears.
An angle gear for a vehicle steering mechanism with two meshing bevel gears rigidly mounted on shafts which can be axially displaced in a housing and whose axes form an angle relative to each other, characterized in that on the housing there is maintained a support arrangement with bearing surfaces directed essentially perpendicular to the end faces of the bevel gears and bearing against said end faces of said gears for support of them against axial forces.
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