Play-free steering gear

US6860829B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Michael Bock · Munich, DE
• Willi Nagel · Biberach an der Riß, DE
• Rolf Knecht · Ditzingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 11, 2001
• Grant date: Mar 1, 2005
• Expiry date: Sep 11, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T74/1967
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A gear for vehicle steering systems, in which, by pivoting a shaft of a pinion in the radial direction by means of a spring element, play-free transmission of the rotary motion from the shaft to a power takeoff shaft is assured.