Patent ID: 11873037
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle steering system comprising:
an input shaft to couple to a steering shaft of a vehicle;
a worm gear, a first end of the worm gear coupled to the input shaft, a second end of the worm gear fixed to and in contact with a spur gear;
a ball nut surrounding a portion of the worm gear, the ball nut including ball bearings and ball guides;
a first pulley wheel fixed to a pinion, the first pulley wheel engaged with a belt, the pinion engaged with the spur gear;
a motor fixed to a second pulley wheel, the second pulley wheel engaged with the belt, the motor to rotate the worm gear to translate the ball nut; and
a sector gear engaged with the ball nut, the sector gear to rotate as the ball nut translates.