Patent ID: 8925411
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A rack and pinion system, comprising: a rack having a long axis with teeth formed on one side of the rack along the long axis, the rack having one end; a rack tip having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the rack tip having a long axis between the first end and the second end, the rack tip having teeth formed on one side along the long axis at the second end, the first end slidably mounted to the one end of the rack, wherein the long axis of the rack tip is parallel with the long axis of the rack, and wherein the teeth on the rack tip are aligned with the teeth on the rack when the rack tip is slidably mounted in the rack; and a spring coupled between the rack and the rack tip slidably biasing the rack tip towards the rack along the long axis.