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Patent No.:

US 12742489 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026

Filed:

Jul. 17, 2023

Device for pressing a rack against a pinion, steering device having such a device, and method for producing such a device and/or steering device

Applicants:

Zf Automotive Germany Gmbh, Alfdorf, DE;

Zf Automotive Uk Limited, Solihull, GB;

Zf Automotive Italia S.r.l., Turin, IT;

Inventors:

Heinz-Dieter Heitzer, Heinsberg, DE;

Frank Jaehde, Cologne, DE;

Matthias Kaussen, Bochum, DE;

Eduard Span, Cologne, DE;

Dominik Streeck, Solingen, DE;

Christian Wutzler, Kaarst, DE;

Roger Hooke, Birmingham, GB;

Angelo Piantoni, Brescia, IT;

Luca Tabaglio, Concesio, IT;

Pradeepkumar Thandapani, Marcheno, IN;

Jacopo Cabassi, Castegnato, IT;

Alessio Lo Coco, Vestone, IT;

Assignees:

ZF Automotive Germany GmbH, Alfdorf, DE;

ZF Automotive UK Limited, Solihull, GB;

ZF Automotive Italia S.r.l., Turin, IT;

Attorney:

Kristin L. Murphy

Primary Examiner:

T Scott Fix

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 19/04 (2006.01); B62D 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 19/04 (2013.01); B62D 3/123 (2013.01); F16H 2019/046 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosure relates to a device for pressing a rack against a pinion, having a thrust piece, having a bearing element, and having a preloading element which acts in the axial direction of a central longitudinal axis of the device, and having a readjustment installation for compensating wear, and having an axial play installation for defining a maximum play of the thrust piece in the axial direction to the central longitudinal axis, the axial play installation being disposed between the readjustment installation and the bearing element, and the axial play installation having an elastic spring element which acts in the axial direction to the central longitudinal axis.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Heitzer, Heinz-Dieter. (2026). Device for pressing a rack against a pinion, steering device having such a device, and method for producing such a device and/or steering device (U.S. Patent No. 12742489). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12742489

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