Patent ID: 6257602
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
A system for adjusting a steering angle of a rack and pinion steering system for a motor vehicle, comprising:a rack located between tie-rods of wheels to be steered, said rack being connected to said tie-rods, said rack being mounted displaceably in a housing and having radially thickened connecting regions between ends of the rack and the respective tie-rods, said thickened regions limiting the steering angle by abutting against the housing, said rack having flattened retaining regions adjacent each of said thickened regions; andat least two approximately U-shaped spacer clips mounted on said rack at said radial thickened regions,wherein said U-shaped spacer clips each comprise a pair of U-legs, inwardly facing sides of said U-legs defining a pair of parallel linear regions which correspond to said flattened retaining regions, said pair of U-legs further defining a pair of toe portions extending inwardly toward each other at ends of said U-legs opposite a closed portion of the U-shaped spacer clip, said linear regions and said toe portions of said spacer clips engaging said rack in a positively locking manner, andwherein said parallel linear regions of said U-legs engage said flattened retaining regions over substantially the entire length of the linear regions which face the retaining regions when the spacer clip is in an assembled position on the rack.