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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2019
Steering Solutions Ip Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Kevin P. Douglas, Bay City, MI (US);
Dale P. Wawrzyniec, Midland, MI (US);
Conrad G. Vorwerck, Bay City, MI (US);
Gabriel J. McCoy, Saginaw, MI (US);
Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Abstract
A steering system is provided. The steering system may include a drive pulley and a ball nut assembly. The drive pulley may be operatively connected to a drive shaft. The ball nut assembly may be driven by the drive pulley via a belt disposed about the drive pulley and the ball nut assembly. The ball nut assembly may include a ball nut and a driven pulley. The ball nut may have an inner surface disposed about a ball screw that defines and extends along a first axis and an outer surface disposed opposite the inner surface. The ball nut may define a first groove that extends from the outer surface towards the inner surface. The driven pulley may be disposed about the ball nut and have a retaining member that includes a finger for extending into the first groove to engage the ball nut and driven pulley without separate fasteners.