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Device for pressing a transmission element

US9587723B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Robert Bosch Automotive Steering LLC · US

Inventors

Gerd Speidel · Bad Sobernheim, DE
Rainer Schaenzel · Oberkochen, DE
Thomas Alber · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 31, 2013
Grant date	Mar 7, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 11, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T74/18096
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for pressing a first transmission element onto a second transmission element engaging in the first transmission element for a rack-and-pinion steering system of a motor vehicle. A pressure piece that can be loaded in the direction of the first transmission element by at least one spring element is displaceably guided in a housing. The spring element is produced from at least one dilatant elastomer.

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