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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 1997
Filed:
May. 16, 1995
Yoshisada Wada, Okazaki, JP;
Takahiro Iwase, Anjo, JP;
Kunio Hayashi, Aichi-gun, JP;
Kazuhiko Tsuda, Nagoya, JP;
Shigemi Shioya, Okazaki, JP;
Yasushi Hayashida, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A steering gear apparatus of the rack-and-pinion type including a pinion formed with helical teeth and a rack member formed with helical teeth which are brought into meshing engagement with the helical teeth of the pinion in such a manner that a steering effort is applied to the meshed portion of the helical teeth of the pinion and rack member at a predetermined angle relative to an axis line of the rack member, the rack member being resiliently biased toward the pinion, wherein the helical teeth of the pinion or the rack member each are formed with a tip portion to be brought into engagement with each root of the helical teeth of the rack member or the pinion.