Patent ID: 6694839
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: B62D,G05G,Y10T

Abstract:
Device for returning to a neutral point a rotating race of a rolling bearing provided with an inner race and with an outer race, one of the races being secured to a fixed element and the other race being secured to a rotating element, the return device comprising springs intended to apply a return torque to the rotating race so as to return said race to the neutral point and means for limiting, in both directions, the rotation of the rotating race, and a plate mounted so that said plate can rotate with respect to the fixed element, said springs comprising two spiral springs, a first spring having an inner and an outer end and being arranged on one side of the plate, the inner end of said first spring being fixed to said plate, a second spring being arranged on an other side of the plate, the inner end of said second spring being fixed to the fixed element, the outer end of the first spring being connected, in a first direction, to the rotation of the rotating race, and the outer end of the second spring being connected, in a second direction opposite to the first, to the rotation of the plate.