Patent ID: 6357314
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: B62D,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
A rack-and-pinion steering gear comprising:a housing in which a rack and pinion of the steering gear are located; a thrust piece in the housing which bears forwardly against the rack, the thrust piece including a rearward ball socket; a set screw provided in the housing adjacent to the thrust piece; a central compression spring provided between the set screw and the thrust piece which urges the thrust piece and hence the rack forwardly towards the pinion; a compensating disk provided between the set screw and the thrust piece and having a forward ball portion which engages the ball socket of the thrust piece; an eccentric bore provided on one of a rearward side of the compensating disk toward the set screw or a forward side of the set screw toward the compensating disk; and an eccentric spring disposed in the eccentric bore and having opposite ends which respectively engage the compensating disk and the set screw.