Rack shaft supporting device

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1986-09-02

1988-02-16

Staab, Lawrence

Electricity: conductors and insulators

Wall mounted

Conduit and housing

74422, B62D 312

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047247177

ABSTRACT:
A rack shaft support device is provided for rack and pinion steering of the type having a housing containing a pinion rotatable by the rotating operation of a steering wheel and a rack shaft engaged with the pinion and axially movable by the rotation thereof to steer wheels. The device comprises an antifriction support including an antifriction roller contacting the rack shaft, a mechanism biasing the antifriction support toward the pinion, a vibration absorbing member urged against the antifriction member and absorbing vibration of the rack shaft by friction, and a limiting member disposed concentrically about the rack shaft and limiting transverse displacement of the rack shaft to a predetermined amount.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3505895 (1970-02-01), Ravenel
patent: 3505898 (1970-04-01), Bradshaw
patent: 3777589 (1973-12-01), Adams
patent: 4322986 (1982-04-01), Adams et al.
patent: 4400991 (1983-08-01), Breitweg et al.
patent: 4619155 (1986-10-01), Futaba

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