Patent ID: 11878741
Assignee: OILES CORPORATION
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  C  F | IPC B  C  F

Claim 5:
6. A rack guide for a rack-and-pinion steering apparatus, the rack-and-pinion steering apparatus including:
a gearbox;
a pinion rotatably supported by the gearbox;
a rack shaft having a rack tooth that is engaged with the pinion;
a rack guide slidably supporting the rack shaft; and
an elastic element pressing the rack guide toward the rack shaft, wherein
the rack guide includes a rack guide base body provided in the gearbox and includes a sliding piece formed from the multi-layer sliding member according to claim 1 and fixed to the rack guide base body at a backing plate side, and
the sliding piece has, on the coating layer, a concave sliding face that is in slidable contact with an outer peripheral face of the rack bar and slidably supports the rack bar.