Patent ID: 9669865
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: B62D

Claim:
1. A steering gear mechanism for motor vehicles, the steering gear mechanism comprising: a steering system housing; a toothed rack that is mounted in the steering system housing and is displaceable along a longitudinal axis, the toothed rack being connected to steerable wheels of the motor vehicle and configured to pivot the steerable wheels, wherein the toothed rack comprises a first toothed segment that meshes with a first pinion of a pinion shaft, wherein the pinion shaft is connectable indirectly to a steering wheel via an input shaft, wherein the toothed rack comprises a second toothed segment that is positioned opposite the first toothed segment with respect to the longitudinal axis, wherein a second pinion engages with the second toothed segment; and an electric motor that indirectly drives the first pinion in a first direction and that indirectly drives the second pinion in a second direction opposite the first direction, wherein the electric motor drives a gear mechanism shaft that surrounds the pinion shaft and that is connected to the pinion shaft by a gear mechanism.