Patent ID: 6102416
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
A mount between a rack and pinion steering gear and a body structure of a motor vehicle comprising:a tubular boss on said rack and pinion steering gear having a longitudinal centerline parallel to a longitudinal centerline of said body structure,a tubular sleeve,an annular first flange at a first end of said tubular sleeve,an annular second flange at a second end of said tubular sleeve,a fastener rigidly clamping said tubular sleeve to said body structure inside of said tubular boss so that said tubular sleeve cooperates with an inside cylindrical wall of said tubular boss in defining an annulus therebetween, andan elastomeric bushing in said annulus between said tubular sleeve and said inside cylindrical wall of said tubular boss having a body bonded to said tubular sleeve and a first end and a second end captured between said annular first flange and said annular second flange at said first end and said second end of said tubular sleeve and a plurality of integral linear splines protruding radially from said body and compressed between said tubular sleeve and said inside cylindrical wall of said tubular boss,said linear splines being separated around said body of said bushing by a plurality of separation angles and cooperating in resiliently suspending said rack and pinion steering gear on said tubular sleeve with vertical and horizontal resilient compliance perpendicular to said longitudinal centerline of said tubular boss determined by the magnitudes of said separation angles.