Apparatus for Pressing a Rack Against a Pinion of a Steering Gear Assembly

摘要

An apparatus for pressing a rack against a pinion of a steering gear assembly includes a housing, a support yoke slidably guided in the housing along an axis, a bearing element that is fixed to the housing in an axial direction, a first elastic element providing an axial load acting upon the support yoke and the bearing element to urge the support yoke against the rack, a wear-compensating abutment member coacting with the bearing element such that a relative rotation about the axis generates an axial displacement of the abutment member relative to the bearing element, and a separate, second elastic element providing a load acting upon the abutment member in a circumferential direction to urge the abutment member against the support yoke.

主权项

1. An apparatus for pressing a rack against a pinion of a steering gear assembly comprising:
a housing; a support yoke slidably guided in the housing along an axis; a bearing element that is fixed to the housing in an axial direction; a first elastic element providing an axial load acting upon the support yoke and the bearing element to urge the support yoke against the rack; a wear-compensating abutment member coacting with the bearing element such that a relative rotation about the axis generates an axial displacement of the abutment member relative to the bearing element; and a separate, second elastic element providing a load acting upon the abutment member in a circumferential direction to urge the abutment member against the support yoke.