Steering gear for motor vehicles

Details Steering gear for motor vehicles Steering gear for motor vehicles

1992-09-28

1993-12-28

Herrmann, Allan D.

Machine element or mechanism

Control lever and linkage systems

Hand operated

74422, 91375A, 180148, 188271, 188381, 267208, 267215, B62D 312, B62D 522

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052729338

ABSTRACT:
A motor vehicle rack and pinion steering gear having torsional damping by friction between an annular plastic damper ring on a housing of the steering gear and a journal surface on a pinion shaft of the steering gear. The damper ring has an outer wall press fitted in a pinion shaft bore of the housing to nonrotatably mount the ring on the housing and a plurality of flexible inner fingers resiliently bearing against the journal surface. An annular metal spring is disposed on the damper ring and includes a plurality of integral legs bearing against the flexible inner fingers of the damper ring to press the fingers against the journal surface.

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patent: 4501191 (1985-02-01), Webber et al.
patent: 4788877 (1988-12-01), Robinson et al.
patent: 4815329 (1989-03-01), Ansgar et al.

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