Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for steering an automotive vehicle

US4652011A · kind A · utility

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3References

19Claims

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Assignee

AUDI AG · DE

Inventors

Heinz Hollerweger · Ingolstadt, DE
Geert Kuipers · Ingolstadt, DE
Peter Steiner · Edison, US
Josef Zahl · Ingolstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 23, 1985
Grant date	Mar 24, 1987
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 23, 2005

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB62D3/12
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a steering apparatus for automotive vehicles in which tie rods are connected to the motion transmitting device, e.g. a toothed rack, of a steering gear mechanism by way of elastic means, whereby the elastic means when subjected to thrust and/or compression transmit insignificant steering force only, the elastic means or the connecting member of the tie rods being mounted between deviation or deflection limiting devices of the motion transmitting device, there being provided a defined lost motion between the connecting member and the deflection limiting devices, there being no connection between the connecting device and the motion transmitting device for transmitting body noise.

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