Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Birger Assmann

Dirk Sickert

Joachim Heidel

Markus Braun

Andre Lewe

A steering system for a motor vehicle is provided. The system comprises an articulated bearing and a shaft configured to be fixed to the articulated bearing. The articulated bearing comprises a clevis a mating clevis pivotally connected to the clevis. The clevis has a foot arranged substantially transversely to a longitudinal axis of the clevis, and two arms connected to the foot and substantially extending opposite one another along the longitudinal axis. The foot includes a longitudinal opening having a cross-sectional contour for receiving the shaft. At least one end of the shaft has an external contour complementary to the cross-sectional contour, wherein the cross-sectional contour of the longitudinal opening and the external contour of the shaft are formed to permit the shaft to be received in the longitudinal opening in one single rotational position about the longitudinal axis.

Steering system for a motor vehicle

A seal system () for sealing an opening () which leads into an interior space of a motor vehicle that receives a steering housing (). The seal system () has at least one guide channel () that opens into a receiving region () for receiving at least one lug () which is arranged on the steering housing (), with the result that the seal system () can be connected in a frictionally locking manner to the steering housing () through a locking element () in the receiving region ().

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Burscheid, Germany

Birger Assmann