Servo-assisted rack-and-pinion steering system

US5651424A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Mercedes-Benz Group AG · DE

Inventors

• Wolgang Joerg · Stuttgart, DE
• Jaromir Bordovsky · Winnenden, DE
• Aydogan Cakmaz · Stuttgart, DE
• Hubert Heck · Goldkronach, DE
• Arno Roehringer · Ditzingen, DE
• Claus Gall · Fellbach, DE
• Reinhold Abt · Bad Liebenzell, DE
• Rainer Strauss · Kaarst, DE
• Karl-Hans Koehler · Wernau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 28, 1995
• Grant date: Jul 29, 1997
• Expiry date: Jun 28, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D5/08
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A servo-assisted rack-and-pinion steering system includes a rack which cooperates with a pinion which is capable of limited movement transversely or, in particular, parallel to the longitudinal axis of the rack. The movements actuate the servomotor or its control elements.