Patent ID: 8690173
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: B62D,F16H

Abstract:
1. A motor vehicle steering system comprising: a steering housing; and a steering rack mounted in the steering housing such that it can move in an axial direction of a longitudinal axis of the steering rack, the steering rack being actively connected to steerable wheels to swivel said wheels, the steering rack having a first toothed segment configured to mesh with a first steering pinion connected to a steering wheel for conjoint rotation by a steering shaft and having a second toothed segment and a second steering pinion configured to mesh with the second toothed segment, wherein the second toothed segment is arranged opposite the first toothed segment relative to the longitudinal axis of the steering rack and is arranged overlapping the first toothed segment in the axial direction of the longitudinal axis of the steering rack, wherein the first steering pinion is mechanically positively coupled with the second steering pinion for opposite rotation in a power flow acting independently of the steering rack, the system further including at least one spring element arranged between the first pinion and the second pinion.