Patent ID: 9003909
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: B62D,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A rack bar supporting device for a vehicle steering apparatus, comprising: one or more yoke seats configured to support a rear side of a rack bar; a support yoke formed with one or more mounting grooves on a front side thereof, the yoke seats being fitted in the mounting grooves, respectively; one or more elastic supports fitted in the mounting grooves to bias the yoke seats toward a center of the support yoke; and a yoke plug configured to support a rear side of the support yoke against the rack bar with the help of an elastic member, the yoke plug being coupled to a cylinder of a gear box, an adjustment hole formed at the center of the support yoke; and an adjustment member disposed inside the adjustment hole, and directly contacting the rack bar, wherein the support yoke is provided with a hollow part communicating with the adjustment hole on the rear side of the support yoke, such that the adjustment member can be removed after the support yoke and the yoke plug are assembled to each other.