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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2014
Applicant:
Nsk Ltd., Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NSK Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/20 (2006.01); F16D 3/38 (2006.01); F16D 1/08 (2006.01); F16D 1/116 (2006.01); F16D 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 1/0864 (2013.01); B62D 1/20 (2013.01); F16D 1/116 (2013.01); F16D 3/387 (2013.01); F16D 2001/103 (2013.01); Y10T 403/7194 (2015.01);
Abstract
A guide memberincludes a cylindrical portionfitted to a front end of a pinion shaftand extending on the side of an opposite yoke and a slit engagement plateextending on the side of the pinion shaftfrom a portion, on the side of the pinion shaft, of the cylindrical portionand engaging with a slitof a yoke, the cylindrical portionbeing inserted first in a clamp portionof the yokeupon the yokebeing fitted to the pinion shaft, the yokebeing rotatably guided by the cylindrical portion