Patent ID: 6920804
Filing Date: 2005-07-26
Classification: B62D,F16C,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A rack-and-pinion steering gear, comprising: a lower shaft having a first end, a second end, and a shoulder depending radially outward from said lower shaft at a point between said first and second ends; a pinion gear defined in a portion of said lower shaft proximate said first end; a first bearing having a first side, a second side, and an inner edge, said inner edge being disposed on said lower shaft such that said first side abuts said shoulder and a plurality of stakes being formed of deformed portions of said lower shaft, said deformed portions of said lower shaft being formed by staking in an axial direction relative to said lower shaft, said stakes having a first section and a second section, said first section conforming to a radius defined at an intersection of said second side and said inner edge of said first bearing, and said second section resting against said second side of said first bearing.