Patent ID: 8794093
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: B62D,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A device for pressing a rack onto a pinion engaging the rack of a steering system of a motor vehicle, comprising: a pressure piece, which is slidably guided in a housing and which is loaded in a direction of the rack, the pressure piece being made of plastic; an adjusting device comprising an adjusting screw made of plastic and two disks which are made of metal or plastic, the two disks bearing against one another at contact surfaces, the contact surfaces having at least two slanting surface segments, the disks being rotatable relative to one another by way of a torsion spring, wherein one disk has a shoulder which lies against a spring washer; and a sliding element which is manufactured together with the pressure piece as a multiple component injection molded part and which is disposed between the pressure piece and the rack, wherein the shape of the sliding element is matched to the contour of the rack; and wherein an interior of the pressure piece is quipped with ribs oriented in a direction of a center of the pressure piece.