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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2001
Mark J. Bugosh, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
TRW Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Abstract
A rack and pinion steering gear ( ) comprises a housing ( ). A yoke assembly ( ) is in the housing ( ) for at least partially supporting and guiding movement of a rack bar ( ) relative to a pinion gear ( ). The yoke assembly ( ) comprises a yoke ( ) and a plurality of rotatable members. The yoke ( ) has a first end surface ( ) and an axis (A) that extends transverse to the direction of movement of the rack bar ( ). Each of the plurality of rotatable members is supported by the yoke ( ). A portion of each rotatable member projects outward of the first end surface ( ) of the yoke ( ) for contacting the rack bar ( ). Each rotatable member is rotatable about its axis and is fixed against movement along the yoke axis (A) relative to the yoke ( ).