Patent · US Expired

Rod for motor vehicles

US6579025B1 · kind B1 · utility

10Cited by

11References

17Claims

0Family size

Assignee

ZF Lemförder Metallwaren AG · DE

Inventors

Dirk Sokolihs · Porta Westfalica, DE
Norbert Schmudde · Osnabrück, DE
Herbert Holle · Bohmte, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 23, 2000
Grant date	Jun 17, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 23, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T403/295
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A steering tie rod for motor vehicles with a pipe, which is provided with an internal thread in a first direction of rotation on at least one side and is slotted at least in some areas, is presented, into which an adjusting sleeve is screwed at its end, where a ball-and-socket joint housing shaft of a ball-and-socket joint present at the end of the steering tie rod is screwed into the internal thread of the adjusting sleeve, which latter internal thread has a second direction of rotation opposite the first direction of rotation. An axial adjusting movement of the pipe relative to the ball-and-socket joint is made possible by a wrench contact surface made in one piece with the adjusting sleeve. The adjusting sleeve (1) has at least one recessed slot (2) and a collar band (4), which is fixed on the outer jacket surface of the pipe (3) and fixes the components in their position in relation to one another.

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