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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2014
Applicant:
Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Inventors:
Rainer Lutz, Markt Erlbach, DE;
Andreas Wollner, Nuremberg, DE;
Herbert Erhardt, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Assignee:
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 25/08 (2006.01); B62D 1/16 (2006.01); F16C 33/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 25/083 (2013.01); B62D 1/16 (2013.01); F16C 33/588 (2013.01); F16C 2326/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A steering bearing for bearing a steering column of a motor vehicle, including an inner ring and an outer ring having respective raceways on which balls roll, the outer ring being enclosed by a sleeve in which a spring ring is arranged. The spring ring tensions the balls against the respective raceways and the balls roll on said spring ring.