Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Bernd Janz

Salvatore Oliveri

Sven Kirschbaum

Paul Hein

Jens Keller

Jens-Hauke Müller

A rack-and-pinion steering system and a method for producing the same including a pinion, a toothed rack, and a bearing point for the toothed rack, wherein the toothed rack includes a toothed first part and a non-toothed second part, wherein at least the first part and the pinion form a steering gear, and the steering gear is enclosed by a steering gear housing, and wherein the bearing point is enclosed by a bearing housing ensuring permanent lubrication. The second part of the toothed rack is exposed in at least one section between the steering gear housing and the bearing housing.

Divided steering gear housing having an exposed tooth rack

A power steering assembly () for a hydraulic power steering system of motor vehicles having at least one hydraulic servo valve with a control element () for controlling the steering support dependent upon the relative rotation of the input shaft () relative to the output shaft (), at least two planetary gear trains () for transmitting the rotary movement of the input shaft () or the output shaft () onto the control element (), and at least one actuator () for the relative adjustment of the control element () relative to the input shaft () or the output shaft () in order to influence the steering support characteristic.

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Langenfeld, Germany

Bernd Janz