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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wolfgang Jorg, Stuttgart, DE;
Jaromir Bordovsky, Berglen, DE;
Aydogan Cakmaz, Stuttgart, DE;
Hubert Heck, Dusseldorf, DE;
Arno Rohringer, Ditzingen, DE;
Claus Gall, Fellbach, DE;
Reinhold Abt, Neuhausen, DE;
Rainer Strass, Kaarst, DE;
Karl-Hans Kohler, Wernau, DE;
Assignee:
Mercedes-Benz AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180444 ; 7438 / ; 74422 ; 74498 ;
Abstract
A rack-and-pinion steering system has a rack which is toothed on two sides and cooperates with two pinions. At least one of the pinions can be axially translated in dependence on forces acting between the rack and that pinion. This axial translation controls a clutch arrangement so that a servomotor continuously rotating in one direction can in each case be nonpositively coupled to one of the pinions or uncoupled from both pinions.