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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 1984
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Frederick J Adams, Clevedon, GB;
Assignee:
Cam Gears Limited, Hertfordshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ; B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74422 ; 74498 ;
Abstract
A rack bar and pinion assembly includes a rack bar 1 having a rack biased into operative engagement with a pinion 2 mounted in a pinion housing 3, under all steering loads. A support assembly 4 includes a rack bar carrier 5 consisting of carrier members 5a and 5b biased into engagement with support surfaces 1a and 1b of the rack bar by a coil spring 6. Under heavy steering loads, the rack bar 1 moves along the axis X--X and a third surface 1c is also capable of engaging in low friction manner with a roller 7 located at a predetermined clearance from the remote side of the rack bar 1 when the rack is in substantially fully enmeshed engagement with the pinion 2.