Patent ID: 11754152

Abstract:
The disclosure relates to an apparatus for pressing a toothed rack against a pinion, having a pressure piece, wherein the pressure piece can be arranged so as to be displaceable inside a housing and in an axial direction of a centre longitudinal axis, having a bearing element that can be fixed on the housing in an axial direction with respect to the centre longitudinal axis, having a prestressing element that acts in an axial direction, wherein, as a result of the prestressing element being arranged between the bearing element and the pressure piece, the pressure piece is subjected to a prestressing force in an axial direction with respect to the centre longitudinal axis and directed away from the bearing element. In order to be able to reduce the production outlay and/or realize a more compact design, the apparatus is characterized in that a sliding element is arranged on a side, facing away from the prestressing element, of the pressure piece for the purpose of bearing against the toothed rack, wherein the sliding element is designed with a spring function in an axial direction of the centre longitudinal axis in order to compensate tolerances.