Patent ID: 9587723
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: B62D,F16H,Y10T

Claim:
1. A device for pressing a first transmission element onto a second transmission element engaging in the first transmission element for a rack-and-pinion steering system of a motor vehicle, comprising: a housing, a pressure piece, and at least one spring element, wherein the pressure piece is loaded in the direction of the first transmission element by the at least one spring element and is displaceably guided in the housing, wherein the spring element comprises at least one dilatant elastomer that has a modulus of elasticity composed of a loss modulus and a storage modulus that have characteristic curves intersecting at a point of intersection, wherein the spring element is configured so that at a first steering change frequency a part of the characteristic curve of the loss modulus oriented on a left side of the point of intersection is in effect, and at a second steering change frequency greater than the first steering change frequency a part of the characteristic curve of the storage modulus oriented on a right side of the point of intersection is in effect, wherein the at least one spring element is disposed in a cavity in the pressure piece, wherein an adjustment unit is disposed in the cavity, and wherein an adjusting screw presses against the adjustment unit.