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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2010
Applicant:
Frank Birkwald, Ostfildern, DE;
Inventor:
Frank Birkwald, Ostfildern, DE;
Assignee:
ThyssenKrupp Presta AG, Eschen, LI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 1/04 (2006.01); F16H 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a rack-and-pinion steering gear with a steering housing, which is tubular and has a housing axis, wherein in the steering housing a rack is mounted in bearings displaceably towards a longitudinal axis, and with a steering pinion, which is mounted in a pinion housing rotatably about an axis and has a pinion gearing, which engages with a gearing of the rack, in which at least one bearing is formed as an eccentric sliding bearing, which can rotate relative to the steering housing, so that the rack can be pressed towards the steering pinion.