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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2001
Eiji Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Kei Shirahata, Tokyo, JP;
Kazutoshi Taniguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Kuzuu, Tokyo, JP;
Shoji Tatehata, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsurou Nagami, Tokyo, JP;
Kiichiro Murotani, Tokyo, JP;
Hisashi Morita, Tokyo, JP;
Nao Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Inatani, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Takeshima, Tokyo, JP;
Eiji Niikura, Tokyo, JP;
Eiji Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Kei Shirahata, Tokyo, JP;
Kazutoshi Taniguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Kuzuu, Tokyo, JP;
Shoji Tatehata, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsurou Nagami, Tokyo, JP;
Kiichiro Murotani, Tokyo, JP;
Hisashi Morita, Tokyo, JP;
Nao Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Inatani, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Takeshima, Tokyo, JP;
Eiji Niikura, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A rack and pinion gear mechanism includes a rack forming member having a rack; a pinion gear which engages releasably with the rack of rack forming member; and an elastic member which contacts with one portion of the rack forming member and deformed by an elastic deformation corresponding to a displacement of the rack forming member by a confliction of tooth points, the one portion is located opposite side to a tooth of the rack that contacts firstly with a tooth of the pinion gear and the gear mechanism further includes a positioning means to fix the elastic member in a cantilever manner to define a positioning of a free end of the elastic member in height.