Patent · US Expired

Steering gear

US7784804B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

8References

7Claims

0Family size

Assignee

TRW AUTOMOTIVE GMBH · DE

Inventors

Eduard Span · Cologne, DE
Markus Beiss · Eschweiler, DE
Thomas Klein · Meerbusch, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 27, 2006
Grant date	Aug 31, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 27, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T74/1967
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A steering gear for a rack and pinion steering system, including a housing in which a steering rack is guided for displacement along its axis, has an auxiliary support which is located at an axial end of the housing, the auxiliary support limiting a bending of the steering rack.

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