Title:
ばね及び逃がし空所を備えるラック及びピニオンステアリングギア
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3845377
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A rack and pinion steering gear (10). The rack and pinion steering gear (10) comprises a housing (12) having a chamber (18). A portion of the chamber (18) is a relief pocket (22). A pinion gear (26) is rotatably mounted in the chamber (18) of the housing (12). A rack bar (38) is movable relative to the pinion gear (26). The rack bar (38) is at least partially disposed in the chamber (18) of the housing (12) and has teeth (44) in meshing engagement with the pinion gear (26). A spring (60) is disposed in the chamber (18) of the housing (12) for supporting and guiding movement of the rack bar (38) relative to the pinion gear (26). The spring (60) extends across an opening to the relief pocket (22). The spring (60) extends into the relief pocket (22) as a load applied to the spring (60) from the rack bar (38) increases.
Inventors:
Sir, Paul Earl
Application Number:
JP2002537614A
Publication Date:
November 15, 2006
Filing Date:
October 09, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Northrop Grumman Space & Mission Systems Corp.
International Classes:
B62D3/12; F16H19/04; F16H55/28; F16H57/12
Domestic Patent References:
| JP52077331A |
Foreign References:
| EP0805094A1 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kazuo Shamoto
Tadashi Masui
Yasushi Kobayashi
Akio Chiba
Hiroyuki Tomita
Hiroyuki Uchida
Tadashi Masui
Yasushi Kobayashi
Akio Chiba
Hiroyuki Tomita
Hiroyuki Uchida