Patent ID: 8667858
Filing Date: 2014-03-11
Classification: B62D,F16C,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A steering gear of a steering system, comprising: a helical pinion; a helical gear; a shaft bearing configuration adapted to be positioned at a drive-side end of a shaft of the steering system; a bearing device at a free end of the helical pinion; and a housing section; and wherein the helical pinion engages the helical gear and is configured to be connected to a drive of the steering system via the shaft; wherein the shaft bearing configuration is designed as a fixed bearing and comprises a first rolling bearing for mounting the shaft; wherein the bearing device is designed as a floating bearing and comprises a second rolling bearing for mounting the helical pinion; wherein the shaft bearing configuration further comprises a mounting which is installed in the housing section and has openings that enable a pivoting movement by an annular section of the mounting which is assembled with the first rolling bearing; wherein the mounting comprises a disk-shaped section which is provided with the openings and relative to which the annular section pivot; wherein the annular section is assembled in one of either a first manner in which an outer ring of the first rolling bearing and the disk-shaped section are attached to the housing section, or in a second manner in which the annular section is assembled with an inner ring of the first rolling bearing and the disk-shaped section is attached to the shaft; and wherein the pivoting movement causes torsion of transition regions that form between the openings, wherein the torsion of the transition regions causes the helical pinion to be spring-loaded into the helical gear.