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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2002
Applicants:
Wolfgang Abele, Spraitbach, DE;
Gerhard Ruf, Huettlingen, DE;
Stefan Froehlich, Zimmerbach, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ZF Lenksysteme GmbH, Schwaebisch Gmuend, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 7/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electromechanical steering system for a vehicle comprises a steering shaft, which is mounted rotatably in an accommodating space of a steering housing, and an electric motor, which, acts upon steering shaft over a transmission. Furthermore, a coil spring housing with a coil spring is provided in the accommodating space. The accommodating space is divided by a partition into a section accommodating the coil spring and a section accommodating the transmission. A damping almond is integrated in the partition. The housing of the coil spring forms part of the partition.