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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
May. 17, 2006
Applicants:
Masahiko Hirose, Osaka, JP;
Masaaki Hashimoto, Osaka, JP;
Nobuyuki Sato, Shiga, JP;
Masao Shimura, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiro Kuzumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Masahiko Hirose, Osaka, JP;
Masaaki Hashimoto, Osaka, JP;
Nobuyuki Sato, Shiga, JP;
Masao Shimura, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiro Kuzumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignees:
Oiles Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
JTEKT Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A rack and pinion steering device has a pinion rotatable in the R-direction, a rack bar having rack teeth meshing with the pinion and rectilinearly movable in the A-direction, a housing for rotatably supporting the pinion, a rack guide for slidably supporting the rack bar, and an elastic means for pressing the rack guide toward the pinion.