An automotive steering system includes a steering assembly including a rack and a pinion, and a rack bearing configured to contact the rack, the rack bearing disposed in a rack bearing bore of a housing. The system also includes a wear compensation assembly in fluid communication with a rack bearing bore cavity disposed within the rack bearing, the wear compensation assembly configured to draw fluid into the rack bearing bore cavity in response to movement of the rack bearing within the rack bearing bore.
Rack and pinion wear compensation
2016-01-05
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Europäisches Patentamt | 2018
|Europäisches Patentamt | 2017