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Title:
RACK GUIDE DEVICE AND STEERING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/163029
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A rack guide device is provided with a rack guide (18), a sealing member (20), at least one disc spring (22), and a holding member (24). The rack guide (18) is housed in a housing portion (16) formed in a housing (17), through which a rack shaft (8) meshing with a pinion shaft (7) is inserted, so as to be movable forward and backward with respect to the rack shaft (8) side, and supports the rack shaft (8) slidably in the axial direction of the rack shaft (8). The sealing member (20) is secured to an external opening end (19) provided on the opposite side to the rack shaft (8) side in the housing portion (16). The disc spring (22) is interposed between the sealing member (20) and the rack guide (18) and biases the rack guide (18) to the rack shaft (8) side. The holding member (24) holds the disc spring (22), and is held by being directly or indirectly frictionally engaged with the rack guide (18) or the sealing member (20).

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Inventors:
TAENAKA MAKOTO (JP)
SUMIHARA HIDETOSHI (JP)
WATANABE KAZUHIRO (JP)
TAKAKI YASUTO (JP)
MIYANO TETSUJI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2014/059401
Publication Date:
October 09, 2014
Filing Date:
March 31, 2014
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
JTEKT CORP (JP)
International Classes:
B62D3/12
Foreign References:
JPH1143055A1999-02-16
JPH01174284U1989-12-11
JPH0939805A1997-02-10
JP2008307966A2008-12-25
US8327731B22012-12-11
Other References:
See also references of EP 2982569A4
None
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
UENO, HIDEKI (JP)
Ueno Hideki (JP)
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