Patent ID: 6164405
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: B60G,B62D,F16F

Abstract:
A steering gear box mounting structure for a vehicle, comprising:at least one flexible support device for mounting a steering gear box to a vehicle body member; anda flexible support device mounting portion for mounting said flexible support device to said steering gear box,wherein said flexible support device comprises an outer sleeve fixed to said flexible support device mounting portion, an inner sleeve fixed to said vehicle body member, and an elastic body interposed between said inner and outer sleeves and including a hollow space that is displaceable asymmetrically in top-to-bottom directions, andwherein at least one of said outer sleeve and said inner sleeve has an inclined surface inclined with respect to a direction of an axis of said flexible support device, and a portion filled with said elastic body is provided between said inclined surface and the other one of said outer sleeve and said inner sleeve, and said outer sleeve is displaced in said top-to-bottom directions relative to said inner sleeve in accordance with loads applied to said vehicle in left-to-right directions.