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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2019
Steering Solutions Ip Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Caleb S. Palmer, Freeland, MI (US);
Travis L. Palmer, Frankenmuth, MI (US);
Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Abstract
A power steering assembly includes a first housing containing a worm gear operatively coupled to a steering shaft, the worm gear rotatable about a worm gear axis. The power steering assembly also includes a second housing containing an electric motor and a worm arranged to engage the worm gear. The power steering assembly further includes a worm gear axis bearing disposed between the worm gear and an inner surface of the first housing, the worm gear axis bearing protruding from the second housing to position the first housing relative to the worm gear axis.