Patent ID: 8827031

Claim:
A motor vehicle steering system comprising: a tubular housing; a steered shaft that has a first end portion, a second end portion, and an intermediate portion between the first end portion and the second end portion, the steered shaft being disposed within the tubular housing; a screw shaft provided on the intermediate portion of the steered shaft; a ball nut threadably engaged with the screw shaft via balls; an electric motor configured to drive and to rotate the ball nut; a first bushing that is held by the housing and that supports the first end portion of the steered shaft such that the first end portion of the steered shaft is slideable in an axial direction of the steered shaft; and a second bushing that is held by the housing and that supports the second end portion of the steered shaft such that the second end portion of the steered shaft is slideable in the axial direction of the steered shaft, wherein a central axis of the intermediate portion of the steered shaft is offset from a central axis of the first end portion of the steered shaft and a central axis of the second end portion of the steered shaft such that the central axis of the first end portion and the central axis of the second end portion are offset opposite to each other in an up-down direction from the central axis of the intermediate portion, and a central axis of the ball nut and the central axis of the intermediate portion of the steered shaft match each other.