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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2006
Xue Mei Liu, Vancouver, CA;
Art Ferguson, Glenview, IL (US);
Eric B. Fetchko, Burnaby, CA;
Neal Wesley Denis Wood, Coquitlam, CA;
Xue Mei Liu, Vancouver, CA;
Art Ferguson, Glenview, IL (US);
Eric B. Fetchko, Burnaby, CA;
Neal Wesley Denis Wood, Coquitlam, CA;
Teleflex Canada Incorporated, Richmond, British Columbia, CA;
Abstract
The invention relates to a steering apparatus for a vehicle. It includes a housing with a steering shaft having a longitudinal axis. A first bearing is interposed between the shaft and the housing, permitting rotation of the steering shaft about the axis. There is also a first wedge-shaped member that has a thin end against the first bearing and a means for biasing the first wedge-shaped member against the first bearing to take up play between the shaft and first bearing, and play within the first bearing.