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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:
Mar. 31, 1987
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Atsugi Motor Parts Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ; B62D / ; F16J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74422 ; 7438 / ; 74498 ; 92136 ; 92167 ; 92193 ; 180148 ; 2771 / ;
Abstract
A rack-and-pinion steering gear structure for a vehicle including a rack housed within a cylinder driven by means of a pinion shaft, comprising: a bolt having a threaded portion screwed in a threaded hole formed in one end face of the rack and a shoulder linked integrally with the threaded portion and smaller in diameter than the rack but greater in diameter than the threaded portion; and a piston housed within a groove formed by the shoulder of the bolt, the seating surface of the bolt head, and the end face of the rack, with clearances with respect to the groove in the axial and radial directions.