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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2022
Zf Automotive Germany Gmbh, Alfdorf, DE;
Markus Lingemann, Bochum, DE;
ZF Automotive Germany GmbH, Alfdorf, DE;
Abstract
The disclosure relates to an apparatus for pressing a rack onto a pinion, with a pressure piece. The pressure piece being arranged within a housing and to be displaceable in an axial direction of a center longitudinal axis. A bearing element is fixed on the housing in the axial direction with respect to the center longitudinal axis. A prestressing element acts in the axial direction. The pressure piece is loaded by the prestressing element which is arranged between the pressure piece and the bearing element with a prestressing force in the axial direction with respect to the center longitudinal axis and directed away from the bearing element. An adjusting ring which is arranged between the bearing element and the pressure piece. At least two inclined faces of the adjusting ring and an adjusting section bear against one another. In order to be able to reduce the production outlay and/or realize a more compact overall design, a force application disk is arranged between the adjusting ring and the adjusting section.