Jtekt Europe

Caroline Gex

Roch Monnet

Philippe Chauvrat

The invention concerns a device for protecting a steering mechanism of a vehicle, said device comprising a housing element defining a chamber of which the wall is perforated with at least one access opening, and a plastic cap that shuts said access opening, said cap having, along the director axis (XX') thereof, a stepped structure comprising a hub, which is engaged in a bore of the access opening and carries a sealing lining that engages with said bore, then a collar, of which the overall diameter is greater than the diameter of the bore, said collar being engaged by snap-fitting into a stop groove hollowed into the housing element, and forming a baffle deflector of which the diameter is greater than that of the bore.

Clippable shutter with a deflector skirt for a steering housing

The invention relates to a gear reducer () for an assisted-steering module, including a casing (), a worm () which meshes with a worm wheel (), and a spring () for taking up gear play, which presses said worm () radially against the worm wheel (), the wall of the casing () being bored, away from of the axis (XX') of the worm, with an opening () sealed by a plug (), the spring () for taking up gear play including at least one retaining lug () which projects radially to the axis (XX&#x2032;) of the worm (), and the hub () of the plug () having a guiding wall () that is substantially transverse to the axis (XX&#x2032;) of the worm (), which is designed to be placed axially opposite said at least one retaining lug (), in order to prevent the axial movement of the spring () beyond a predetermined functional travel.

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Lyons, France

Caroline Gex