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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. 25, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael J Kostrzewa, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI (US);
Assignee:
TRW Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ; F16H / ; F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74498 ; 74422 ; 384 37 ; 384 42 ;
Abstract
A yoke (30) supports a rack (14) in a steering gear housing (12). The yoke (30) comprises a rolled and folded metal sheet (62) having a cylindrical configuration defining a side wall (50) and an end wall (52) of the yoke (30). The side wall (50) has a cylindrical contour which is complementary to a cylindrical inner surface (54) of the housing (12). The end wall (52) has a semi-cylindrical contour which is complementary to a semi-cylindrical surface portion (58) of the rack (14).