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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2020
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Joseph Washnock, Canton, MI (US);
Jack E. Barry, Dearborn, MI (US);
Soungjin Wou, Novi, MI (US);
Garry Robert Smith, Grosse Pointe Park, MI (US);
Jennifer Laz, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
James Philip Cooper, Milford, MI (US);
Daniel Steven Payne, Southgate, MI (US);
Rohit Kadam, Windsor, CA;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/00 (2006.01); B62D 3/12 (2006.01); B62D 5/04 (2006.01); F16H 19/04 (2006.01); F16H 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/0442 (2013.01); B62D 3/12 (2013.01); B62D 5/001 (2013.01); B62D 5/0403 (2013.01); B62D 5/0421 (2013.01); F16H 1/20 (2013.01); F16H 19/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Vehicle steering systems are disclosed. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a first gear, a first pinion engaged with the first gear, a second pinion fixed to the first gear, a second gear engaged with the second pinion, and a third pinion fixed to the second gear, the third pinion to engage with a steering rack of a vehicle.