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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2016
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Tetsuo Ikeda, Kashiba, JP;
Hidetoshi Sumihara, Kitakatsuragi-gun, JP;
Satoshi Abe, Yamatotakada, JP;
Rika Kagawa, Nara, JP;
Kenji Kuboki, Shiki-gun, JP;
Kaname Joushita, Toyota, JP;
JTEKT CORPORATION, Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
A rack bushing supported by an annular elastic member in a housing includes a bushing body and a flange portion extending outward in a radial direction from a first axial end of the rack bushing. The flange portion is positioned at a step portion of an inner periphery of the housing. The bushing body includes a second axial slit extending from a second axial end to a middle portion in an axial direction. A gap that communicates with the second axial slit is formed between the inner periphery of the housing and an outer surface of the bushing body. A recessed groove (communication passage) of the flange portion allows a first space, disposed on a housing-end side with respect to the rack bushing in the housing, to communicate with the gap.