RACK GUIDE FOR RACK-AND-PINION STEERING DEVICE, RACK-AND-PINION STEERING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RACK GUIDE FOR RACK-AND-PINION STEERING DEVICE

Title:

RACK GUIDE FOR RACK-AND-PINION STEERING DEVICE, RACK-AND-PINION STEERING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RACK GUIDE FOR RACK-AND-PINION STEERING DEVICE

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/077146

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

Provided are: a rack guide that is for a rack-and-pinion steering device and has a simple configuration having maintained the adhesion between a rack guide substrate and a rack guide in order to secure quietness; a rack-and-pinion steering device; and method for producing a rack guide for rack-and-pinion steering device. The rack guide for a rack-and-pinion steering device is provided with: a casing; a pinion supported rotatably at the casing; a rack guide having a rack bar, which has rack teeth that mesh with the pinion, a contact section, which contacts the rack bar in a manner able to slide across the rack bar, and a relief section, which is contiguous with the contact section and is separated from the rack bar; a rack guide substrate that houses the rack guide; and a biasing means that biases the rack guide to the rack bar with the rack guide substrate therebetween. The thickness dimensions of the relief section differ from the thickness dimensions of the contact section.

Inventors:

NISHITANI YOSUKE (JP)
ISHIDA YOSHIMITSU (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/JP2013/079815

Publication Date:

May 22, 2014

Filing Date:

November 05, 2013

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

OILES INDUSTRY CO LTD (JP)

International Classes:

B62D3/12; F16H19/04

Foreign References:

JP2001151132A	2001-06-05
JP2003312502A	2003-11-06
JPH0265674U	1990-05-17
JP2000177604A	2000-06-27
JPH1191592A	1999-04-06
JPS6238774U	1987-03-07
JP2001100510A	2001-04-13

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