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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1995
Wolfgang Joerg, Stuttgart, DE;
Jaromir Bordovsky, Berglen, DE;
Aydogan Cakmaz, Stuttgart, DE;
Hubert Heck, Duesseldorf, DE;
Arno Roehringer, Ditzingen, DE;
Claus Gall, Fellbach, DE;
Reinhold Abt, Neuhausen, DE;
Rainer Strauss, Kaarst, DE;
Karl-Hans Koehler, Wernau, DE;
Mercedes-Benz AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A servo-assisted rack-and-pinion steering system is provided in which the rack cooperates with a rotatable pinion. The pinion is supported in an eccentrically located opening in a circular disk rotatably mounted by rolling elements on its periphery. Pivoting movement of the pinion controls an hydraulic oil actuated servo motor. The rolling contact bearing of the disk lies in the path of flow of the hydraulic oil for the servo motor. The pinion is supported in a bearing in the opening in the disk and another bearing at an opposite side of the rack and separate from the disk.