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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2023
Oiles Corporation, Fujisawa, JP;
Robert Hamrodi, Butzbach, DE;
Kai Metzler, Butzbach, DE;
Oiles Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
Provided are a rack guide that can stably support a rack bar and avoid rattling noise occurrence, and a gear system using the same. A rack guide () have the following: a rack guide body () made of synthetic resin, which has a cylindrical shape with a front end face and has a guide surface () formed in the front end face so as to slide on a back () of a rack bar (); supporting portions () made of synthetic resin, which each protrude beyond an outer circumferential surface () of the rack guide body () and are movable in a radial direction of the rack guide body (); and a biasing portions () provided for each supporting portion () and made of synthetic resin, which extends circumferentially from both sides (in a circumferential direction of the rack guide body ()) of the corresponding supporting portion () and connects to the rack guide body () so as to bias the corresponding supporting portion () outwardly in the radial direction of the rack guide body ().
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