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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Trw Automotive Gmbh, Alfdorf, DE;
Inventor:
Markus Lingemann, Bochum, DE;
Assignee:
TRW Automotive GmbH, Alfdorf, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 3/12 (2006.01); F16H 55/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 3/123 (2013.01); F16H 55/283 (2013.01); F16H 2055/281 (2013.01); Y10T 74/19623 (2015.01);
Abstract
A device for pressing a rack against a pinion, comprises a housing, a thrust piece which is shiftably guided in the housing along a pressing axis, a bearing element which can axially be fixed at the housing, an axially pressurized force introduction member, and wedge members which each support on the thrust piece, on the bearing element and on the force introduction member, wherein at least three wedge members uniformly distributed in circumferential direction are provided, and wherein the force introduction member urges the wedge members radially to the outside and the thrust piece axially away from the bearing element.