Patent ID: 6386059
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
A speed reducer assembly comprising;a housing; a fixed worm segment, said fixed worm segment defining an axis of rotation; a shaft extending from said fixed worm segment, generally concentric with said axis of rotation; a floating worm segment axially positioned on said shaft; a first bearing assembly mounted at the outer end of the fixed worm segment; and a second bearing assembly mounted at the outer end of the floating worm segment; means for transmitting torque from said shaft to said floating worm segment and said second bearing assembly; a spring assembly positioned on said shaft proximate to the outer end of said floating worm segment; a thread along the length of said fixed worm segment and said floating worm segment for engagement with a worm wheel; and means for controllably adjusting a force on said spring assembly; wherein said means for controllably adjusting a force on said spring assembly is an adjuster cap secured to said housing with a hole therethrough and an adjuster extending through said hole and threadedly mated to said adjuster cap.