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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2019
Steering Solutions Ip Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Caleb S. Palmer, Freeland, MI (US);
Travis L. Palmer, Frankenmuth, MI (US);
Joel A. Bickel, Millington, MI (US);
Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Abstract
A power steering assembly includes an electric motor having an output shaft extending therefrom. The assembly also includes a housing containing a worm gear operatively coupled to a steering shaft, the worm gear rotatable about a worm gear axis. The assembly further includes an electric motor and a worm arranged to engage the worm gear, the worm extending from the output shaft of the electric motor as a single, integrally formed shaft, the single, integrally formed shaft extending axially from a first end to a second end and being cantilevered to allow the second end to deflect. The assembly yet further includes a bushing surrounding a portion of the shaft proximate the second end of the shaft, the bushing and the portion of the shaft defining a clearance therebetween.