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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2019
Trw Automotive Gmbh, Alfdorf, DE;
Martin Jordan, Düsseldorf, DE;
ZF Automotive Germany GmbH, Alfdorf, DE;
Abstract
A method to manufacture electric power steering systems is proposed. First, an electric motor having a drive shaft, a coupling device, and a worm gear having a worm shaft are provided. Then, an adjusting sleeve is provided, and an individual axial position of each adjusting sleeve in its associated opening is determined in order to achieve a specific axial preloading force on the worm shaft. The adjusting sleeve is press-fitted into the axial opening in the determined axial position, and a spring element is installed in the adjusting sleeve so that the spring element is supported on one end axially on the drive shaft and on its other end it is supported axially on the adjusting sleeve, and said spring element acts upon the worm shaft with the preloading force in the axial direction via the adjusting sleeve.