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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2023
Applicant:
Zf Active Safety and Electronics Us Llc, Livonia, MI (US);
Inventor:
James Wang, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
ZF ACTIVE SAFETY AND ELECTRONICS US LLC, Livonia, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/12 (2006.01); F16H 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/12 (2013.01); F16H 1/20 (2013.01); F16H 2057/125 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to an adjustment apparatusfor a steering gear mechanism, in particular for motor vehicles, wherein in a gear train having at least three gears an intermediate gearis arranged in such a manner that it can move along a straight adjustment linein order to adjust backlash in the gear train. The intermediate gearcan be displaced along the straight adjustment linein such a manner that the backlash in the entire gear train adjusts itself. The invention further relates to a motor vehicle steering gear mechanismcomprising the adjustment apparatus